pool

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.

To form a pool.

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.