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pool

[ US /ˈpuɫ/ ]
[ UK /pˈuːl/ ]
NOUN
  1. an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
  2. a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
    the body lay in a pool of blood
    there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain
  3. a small lake
    the pond was too small for sailing
  4. any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
  5. something resembling a pool of liquid
    he stood in a pool of light
    his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines
  6. the combined stakes of the betters
  7. any communal combination of funds
    everyone contributed to the pool
  8. an organization of people or resources that can be shared
    when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool
    a secretarial pool
    a car pool
  9. an association of companies for some definite purpose
VERB
  1. join or form a pool of people
  2. combine into a common fund
    We pooled resources
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How To Use pool In A Sentence

  • Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.
  • They have provided two chairs in a pool of light. Times, Sunday Times
  • So I stare down at the pool table and pretend to study my opponent's next move.
  • The black and white images suggested a lunar surface with bright elevated land masses, grooved by sloping drainage channels and seemingly surrounded by dark, still pools of oily liquid.
  • To struggle in sweat pooled rivers, will cause the boat to the other side of the ideal sail.
  • The pre-selected wagers will go into straight and exacta pools only.
  • The diver dived into the pool from the high diving board.
  • I instead made use of the Cluebat and asked Mike for an insight check, which revealed that the Crane's claw was still over the pool and that Vorian (Mike's monk) was within walking distance of the crane's controls. Critical Hits
  • Your fellow potential jurors will be chosen at random from the pool available, and then slimmed down to just 12 in court, again at random.
  • There were floating candles that decorated the pool and the fountain, as well as ornamental flowers arrangements.
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