26984 words

pool

19 definitions • 31 examples
1
a small area of usually still water:

Examples:

We looked for crabs in the rock pools along the seashore.
2
a small amount of liquid on a surface:

Examples:

a pool of blood/oil
figurative a pool of light
3
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Examples:

I spent most of my holiday lying/sunbathing by the pool.
4
a number of people or a quantity of a particular thing, such as money, collected together for shared use by several people or organizations:

Examples:

Patrick crashed a Ford that he'd borrowed from the car pool at work.
5
in some card games, an amount of money that is collected from all the players and received by the player who wins the game
6
the money risked by a number of people on the result of a game or event:

Examples:

the office pool
Who won the pool?
7
a type of gambling in which people risk a small amount of money and try to guess the results of football games correctly and win a lot of money:

Examples:

do the pools They do the pools every week.
His brother won £150,000 on the pools.
Other than winning the football pools, we have no chance of owning our own house.
She booked the cruise after a lucky win on the pools.
When she was in her thirties, she won a small fortune on the football pools.
8
a game in which two people use cues (= long, thin poles) to hit 16 coloured balls into six holes around the edge of a large table covered in soft cloth:

Examples:

a pool table/room/hall
mainly US informal Do you want to shoot (= play) some pool?
9
to collect something such as money in order for it to be used by several different people or groups:

Examples:

The kids pooled their money to buy their parents a wedding anniversary gift.
10
a small area of usually still water, or a small amount of liquid:

Examples:

pools of water in the gutter
a pool of blood
11
A pool is also a swimming pool.
12
an amount of money or a number of people or things collected together for shared use by several people or organizations:

Examples:

Their profits get plowed back into a pool to pay subscribers’ claims.
13
A pool is also the total amount of money risked by people on the result of a card game or sports event:

Examples:

an office Super Bowl pool
14
a game played by two or more people in which a cue (= long, round stick) is used to hit a white ball against other balls in order to roll them into one of six holes around the edge of a special table:

Examples:

a pool table
15
to combine your money with money from a number of other people for shared use:

Examples:

The kids pooled their money to buy their parents plane tickets.
16
a quantity of a particular thing or money that is collected and used by different people or organizations:

Examples:

You can buy shares directly via a stockbroker or invest in a pool of shares run by a professional fund manager.
You can use a car from the car pool for your trip.
17
a number of people who are available to work when needed:

Examples:

We are creating a pool of workers who are willing and able to fill such positions.
Many companies are considering outsourcing some of their operations in order to tap into a cheaper pool of labour.
18
a group of insurance companies that work together to provide insurance for something that a single insurance company cannot provide insurance for alone:

Examples:

a high-risk insurance pool
19
to share something such as money, information, etc. so that it can be used by several different people or groups:

Examples:

They pool money from thousands of different investors and put it into a wide range of companies.

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