pool
/puːl/
A set of resources that are kept ready to use; A small and rather deep area of fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water; Any small body of standing or stagnant water
- plural
- pools
Meanings
- 1
A set of resources that are kept ready to use
Tom fell into the pool.
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I fell in the pool.
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- 2
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
- 3
Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
- 4
Any group of like things
- 5
A supply of resources
- 6
A supply of resources.; A number of people when considered as a resource
- 7
A small amount of liquid on a surfacerare
- 8
A localized glow of lightrare
- 9
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 gamerare
- 10
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 to winrare