Pool People Water Extra Examples Puːl Area I

• an indoor/outdoor pool
• does the hotel have a pool?
• relaxing by the pool
• freshwater/thermal pools

pool

1. an area of water that has been created for people to swim in
• SEE ALSO infinity pool
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/infinity-pool
• an indoor/outdoor pool
• Does the hotel have a pool?
• relaxing by the pool

Extra Examples

• He swam three lengths of the pool.
• I left the diving pool after my session on the springboards.
• A girl invited me over to her pool party.
• I slipped on the wet pool deck and fell down.
• Jack works there as a pool boy.
• a 25 m lap pool
• a unique new wave pool
2. the building that contains a public pool
3. a small area of still water, especially one that has formed naturally
• SEE ALSO rock pool
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/rock-pool
• freshwater/thermal pools

Extra Examples

• Rhinos are fond of wallowing in muddy pools and sandy riverbeds.
• The waterfall cascades into the pool below.
• There was a pool of water at the bottom of the garden.
• The park is full of hot water springs and bubbling mud pools.
• a shallow pool full of red carp
4. a small amount of liquid or light lying on a surface
• The body was lying in a pool of blood.
• a pool of light
• The water ran down out of their clothes and formed a pool on floor.

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• The wick floated in a pool of oil.
• pools of water
5. a supply of things or money that is shared by a group of people and can be used when needed
• SEE ALSO car pool
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/car-pool
• a pool of cars used by the firm’s sales force
• a pool car

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• They draw on funds from a common pool.
• They will share a limited pool of money with other defendants.
• a shrinking pool of assets
• The purpose of an insurance company is to provide a pool of funds from which to meet claims made by its customers.
• a growing pool of data
• a vast pool of knowledge on best practices
6. a group of people available for work when needed
• a pool of cheap labour
• I started my career in the typing pool (= a group of people who shared a company’s typing work) over 40 years ago.

Extra Examples

• A member of the press pool shouted out a question to the president.
• There's a great talent pool in the business community.
• We need to increase our applicant pool.
• a method of expanding the pool of potential investors
• a strong pool of talent in the company
• the available pool of really good people
7. a game for two people played with 16 balls on a table, often in pubs and bars. Players use cues (= long sticks) to try to hit the balls into pockets at the edge of the table.
• COMPARE billiards
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/billiards
• a pool table
• to shoot (= play) pool
• Do you play pool?
8. a form of gambling in the UK in which people try to win money by saying what the results of football matches will be
• He does the pools every week.
• a pools winner

Word Origin

• noun senses 1 to 3 Old English pōl, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch poel and German Pfuhl. noun senses 4 to 7 late 17th cent. (originally denoting a game of cards having a pool): from French poule in the sense ‘stake, kitty’, associated with pool ‘small area of liquid’.