Definitions for pool
pulpool

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. poolnoun

   an excavation that is (usually) filled with water

2. pond, poolnoun

   a small lake

   "the pond was too small for sailing"

3. poolnoun

   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"

4. consortium, pool, syndicatenoun

   an association of companies for some definite purpose

5. poolnoun

   any communal combination of funds

   "everyone contributed to the pool"

6. pool, puddlenoun

   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"

7. pool, kittynoun

   the combined stakes of the betters

8. pool, puddlenoun

   something resembling a pool of liquid

   "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"

9. pool, pocket billiardsverb

   any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets

10. poolverb

    combine into a common fund

    "We pooled resources"

11. poolverb

    join or form a pool of people

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Poolnoun

   A lake of standing water.

   Etymology: pul , Saxon; poel, Dutch.

   Moss, as it cometh of moisture, so the water must but slide, and not stand in a pool. Francis Bacon.

   Sea he had search’d, and land,
   From Eden over Pontus, and the pool
   Mæotis. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. ix.

   Love oft to virtuous acts inflames the mind,
   Awakes the sleepy vigour of the soul,
   And brushing o’er, adds vigour to the pool. Dryden.

   The circling streams, once thought the pools of blood,
   From dark oblivion Harvey’s name shall save. Dryden.

   After the deluge, we suppose the vallies and lower grounds, where the descent and derivation of the water was not so easy, to have been full of lakes and pools. Burnet.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pool

   A pool is a small or large body of still water, typically artificially created. It can refer to a swimming pool used for recreational or athletic activities, a body of water used as a resource (like water pool), or a common fund of resources (e.g., money or assets) put together for shared use. Additionally, in the context of games, it can refer to a type of billiards game.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Poolnoun

   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

2. Poolnoun

   a small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle

3. Poolnoun

   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

4. Poolnoun

   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

5. Poolnoun

   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

6. Poolnoun

   any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join

7. Poolnoun

   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

8. Poolnoun

   a mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement

9. Poolnoun

   an aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities

10. Poolverb

    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

11. Poolverb

    to combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction

12. Etymology: [F. poule, properly, a hen. See Pullet.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pool

   Pool is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is bypassed by the A30, situated on the A3047 between Camborne and Redruth, between Tuckingmill and Illogan Highway.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. 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.]

2. 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.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pool

   1. Maintenance and control of a supply of resources or personnel upon which other activities may draw. The primary purpose of a pool is to promote maximum efficiency of use of the pooled resources or personnel, e.g., a petroleum pool or a labor and equipment pool. 2. Any combination of resources which serves a common purpose.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pool

   Is distinguished from a pond, in being filled by springs or running water. Also, a pwll or port.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pool

   A type of structure and space created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes, styles and systems for swimming.

   We have an outdoor pool in our local community and the local parents and their children make great use of it during the summer months.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on November 7, 2016  

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1. POOL

   What does POOL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the POOL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. POOL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pool is ranked #2669 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Pool surname appeared 13,505 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname Pool.
   
   82.8% or 11,194 total occurrences were White.
   7.6% or 1,030 total occurrences were Black.
   6.4% or 870 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 250 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 103 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 58 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Association
   • Body Of Water
   • Excavation
   • Group
   • Lake
   • Organization
   • Reserve Account
   • Share
   • Stake
   • Topographic Point

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pool' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2312

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pool' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2565

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pool' in Nouns Frequency: #830

Anagrams for pool »

1. loop

2. polo

How to pronounce pool?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say pool in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pool in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pool in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of pool in a Sentence

1. Nancy Comeau-Drisdelle:

   I took off outside and I ’m not seeing him, i ran, and he’s right by the edge [ of the pool ] and I took him out.

2. Paul Burrell:

   It’s another bombshell blindsiding the palace, it’s extraordinary that Meghan and Harry didn’t know this was going to take place. Why didn’t her father tell her? Who’s giving him PR advice? You just chucked a big rock into the royal pool, and there’ll be ripples, and the ripples are coming.

3. Chief Executive Officer Adam Brandon:

   If you jump, they’ll be plenty of water in the pool for you.

4. Blake Herzinger:

   China has a very large pool of available manpower and it wouldn’t really make sense to use slave labor in a high-tech sector vital to their national security.

5. Tresor Nzila:

   It's bizarre because there was a disarmament, demobilisation and reinsertion, the army is present in the Pool. The gendarmerie and police are there as well.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pool
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pool
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pool
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=pool
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pool
7. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=pool
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html