Definition of pool Pool
/puˈl/ - [pul] - pool
We found 40 definitions of pool from 7 different sources.
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What does pool mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: pools |
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| pool - any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets | ||
| pocket billiards | ||
| table game a game that is played on a table | ||
| break an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned" | ||
| carom, cannon a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other | ||
| masse, masse shot a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball | ||
| miscue a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball | ||
| pool - an excavation that is (usually) filled with water | ||
| excavation the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton" | ||
| cistern an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater | ||
| natatorium, swimming bath, swimming pool pool that provides a facility for swimming; "`swimming bath' is a British term" | ||
| wading pool a shallow pool for children | ||
| pool - a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid; "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood" | ||
| puddle | ||
| body of water, water the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" | ||
| billabong a branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high | ||
| pool - an organization of people or resources that can be shared; "a car pool"; "a secretarial pool"; "when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool" | ||
| organisation, organization the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient" | ||
| pool - any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to the pool" | ||
| reserve account, reserve fund funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments | ||
| pool - something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines" | ||
| puddle | ||
| pool - the combined stakes of the betters | ||
| kitty | ||
| pool - a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" | ||
| pond | ||
| lake a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land | ||
| fishpond a freshwater pond with fish | ||
| horsepond a pond for watering horses | ||
| mere a small pond of standing water | ||
| millpond a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel | ||
| swimming hole a small body of water (usually in a creek) that is deep enough to use for swimming | ||
| pool - an association of companies for some definite purpose | ||
| consortium, syndicate | ||
| association the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association" | ||
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| pool - join or form a pool of people | ||
| aggroup, group arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?" | ||
| pool - combine into a common fund; "We pooled resources" | ||
| share communicate; "I'd like to share this idea with you" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- pool (Noun)
A small and rather deep collection of usually fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water. - pool (Noun)
A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle. - pool (Noun)
A swimming pool . - pool (Noun)
A supply of resources. - pool (Noun)
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 game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table . - pool (Noun)
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. - pool (Noun)
Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join. - pool (Noun)
The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc. ; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes. - pool (Noun)
A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; for example, as the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit, he put $10,000 into the pool. - pool (Noun)
A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement. - pool (Noun)
An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities. - pool (Verb)
To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic. - pool (Verb)
To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pool (n.)
A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon. - pool (n.)
A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle. - pool (n.)
The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes. - pool (n.)
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 game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table. - pool (n.)
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. - pool (n.)
Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join. - pool (n.)
A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool. - pool (n.)
A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement. - pool (n.)
An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities. - pool (v. t.)
To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic. - pool (v. i.)
To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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pool
A small, natural body of standing water, usually fresh; e.g. a stagnant body of water in a marsh, or a still body of water within a cave.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pool
pōōl, n. a small body of water: a deep part of a stream of water.—n. Pool′er, a stick for stirring a tan-vat. [A.S. pól (Dut. poel, Ger. pfuhl)—Celt., as Ir. and Gael. poll, W. pwll.] -
pool
pōōl, n. the receptacle for the stakes in certain games: the stakes themselves: a set of players at quadrille, &c.: a game played on a billiard-table with six pockets by two or more persons.—v.t. to put into a common fund for redistribution.—v.i. to form a pool. [Fr. poule, orig. a hen—L. pullus, a young animal.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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pool
Is distinguished from a pond, in being filled by springs or running water. Also, a pwll or port.
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