pool
- noun
- /puːl/
- If I don't get into that pool in two minutes flat, I'm going to explode.
- a pool of water
- a pool of blood
- a small pool
What do you do with this pool of placenta blood mess?
- What do you do with this pool of placenta blood mess?
- Like his eyes were deep, dark pools, the eye of the tiger man.
- It is we're waves in a pool of an ocean.
Examples
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And those days relaxing by the pool seem so far away.
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We'd come and see the rock pools and look for crabs and beasties.
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Time to put the dogs in the pool area.
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Everywhere we go there is a pool or a hot spring.
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The depth of the pool can change very quick.
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The path opens up to beautiful pools of cool fresh water.
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You can float in the pool.
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I'll be in California at my swimming pool.
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The path opens up to beautiful pools of cool fresh water.
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Everywhere we go, there is a pool of water gathering in the street after the rain.
Synonyms
A small pool of water on the ground
A small pool of muddy water on the ground after rain
Compounds
- Archaic
A group of people who make written documents for different people in an office
- Jargon
A group of typists who type and write down what people say for an organization
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pool comes from an old English word pōl meaning 'a small body of water'. So a pool on the ground is simply a little collection of water.