pool

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UK /puːl/ US /pul/

noun 10name 5verb 3

Collocations

(noun.) swimming pool, etc.

ADJ

paddling, swimming

birthing

Many hospitals now offer women the option of giving birth in a birthing pool.

inflatable

The kids set up an inflatable pool in the backyard for the summer holidays.

VERB + POOL

swim in | dive/jump/plunge into

POOL + NOUN

attendant

PHRASES

the bottom/edge/middle/side of the pool, a length of the pool

Children splashed excitedly at the edge of the pool during their swimming lesson.

(noun.) small shallow area of water

ADJ

PREP

in a/the ~

My little sister loves to splash around in the pool on hot summer days.

~ of

After the heavy rain, there were pools of mud in the garden where the children liked to jump.

(noun.) small area of liquid/light

ADJ

big | little, small | dark | mud

VERB + POOL

lie in

After the heavy rain, puddles lay in the garden where the children were playing.

PREP

in a/the ~

The children splashed happily in the pool during their summer vacation.

~ of

After the heavy rain, puddles formed in pools of water across the parking lot.

(noun.) supply of sth

ADJ

big, huge, large | small

common

The swimmers enjoyed playing games in the shallow pool during summer vacation.

car, labour, typing

PREP

~ of

There is a growing pool of talented designers applying for jobs at the company.

Definitions

noun

A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.

the pools of Solomon

the Pool of London

Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.

Ellipsis of swimming pool.

A set of resources that are kept ready to use.

Any group of like things.

verb

To form a pool.

noun

A supply of resources.

The 4-BEP and 4-CEP stock is maintained in a common pool for both Chatham and South Eastern fast main-line services.

A supply of resources.

dating pool

There is a limited pool of candidates from which to choose the new manager.

A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game.

A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour or solids, 7 of another color or stripes, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order

He plays pool at the billiard-houses, and may be seen engaged at cards and dominoes of forenoons.

In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an association of companies for some definite purpose

noun — something resembling a pool of liquid

puddle

noun — a small lake

pond

noun — a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid

puddle

noun — the combined stakes of the betters

kitty

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

dirty pool

Foul play; misconduct; underhandedness.

The thieves, in their turn, have developed a self-pity syndrome about the FBI, considering government surveillance to be dirty pool — unjustifiable interference with free enterpris

Example Bank

the pools of Solomon

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the Pool of London

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The 4-BEP and 4-CEP stock is maintained in a common pool for both Chatham and South Eastern fast main-line services.

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dating pool

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There is a limited pool of candidates from which to choose the new manager.

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