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   pool

   /puːl/

   noun

   • 1. a shared supply of vehicles or resources to be drawn on when needed: "a car pool" Similar supplycommon supplyreserve(s)storereservoirstockstockpileaccumulationstorehousehoardcachefundbacklog
   • ▪ a group of people available for work when required or considered as a resource: "the typing pool" Similar supplycommon supplyreserve(s)storereservoirstockstockpileaccumulationstorehousehoardcachefundbacklog
   • ▪ a common fund into which all contributors pay and from which financial backing is provided: "big public investment pools" Similar fundreservekittypotbankpursejackpotantestakes
   • ▪ the collective amount of players' stakes in gambling or sweepstakes; a kitty: "dividends are calculated by dividing the net pool by the stakes on the winners"
   • ▪ another term for football pool
   • 2. a game played on a small billiard table using two sets of seven coloured and numbered balls together with one black ball and a white cue ball, with the aim of pocketing all one's own balls and then the black.
   • 3. a group of contestants who compete against each other in a tournament for the right to advance to the next round: "the sides in Pool A"
   • 4. an arrangement, illegal in many countries, between competing parties to fix prices or rates and share business in order to eliminate competition: "pool arrangements by the competing networks reduce individual costs"

   verb

   • 1. (of two or more people or organizations) put (money or other assets) into a common fund: "they entered a contract to pool any gains and invest them profitably"
   • ▪ share (resources or information) for the benefit of all involved: "the skills of teachers can be pooled and shared"

   Word Origin late 17th century (originally denoting a game of cards having a pool): from French poule in the sense ‘stake, kitty’, associated with pool1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pooler noun

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPOOL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   POOL definition: 1. a small area of usually still water: 2. a small amount of liquid on a surface: 3. a swimming…. Learn more.

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   : a small and rather deep body of usually fresh water. (2) : a quiet place in a stream. (3) : a body of water forming above a dam. b. : something resembling a pool. a pool of light. 2. : a small body of standing liquid. 3. : a continuous area of porous sedimentary rock that yields petroleum or gas. 4. : swimming pool. pool. 2 of 4. verb (1)

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPOOL | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   a number of people or a quantity of a particular thing, such as money, collected together for shared use by several people or organizations: Patrick crashed a Ford that he'd borrowed from the car pool at work. As unemployment rises, the pool of cheap labor increases. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. pool noun (MONEY)

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   noun. a small body of standing water; pond. a still, deep place in a stream. any small collection of liquid on a surface: a pool of blood. a puddle. swimming pool. a subterranean accumulation of oil or gas held in porous and permeable sedimentary rock reservoir. verb (used without object) to form a pool.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPOOL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If a group of people or organizations pool their money, knowledge, or equipment, they share it or put it together so that it can be used for a particular purpose. We pooled ideas and information. American English : pool / ˈpul /

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › poolPool - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   A pool is a small body of water, like the tide pools that form on rocky beaches at low tide, or the town pool where you take swimming lessons. Pool is a common word with many different meanings.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionpool noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   Definition of pool noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. pool. noun. /puːl/ for swimming. (also swimming pool) [countable] an area of water that has been created for people to swim in. an indoor/outdoor pool. Does the hotel have a pool? relaxing by the pool. see also infinity pool, paddling pool, plunge pool, wading pool.