pool
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- noun
- /puːl/
:
piscina
- The children splashed happily in the pool on a hot summer day.
- swimming pool
- an indoor pool
- an outdoor pool
And then also right next to the pool, they have a gym.
- And then also right next to the pool, they have a gym.
- You know, I, I have this pool over here which I don't use.
- In a regular pool, get the shoes off.
- I'm going to throw a ball into their pool in the backyard.
- My youngest son Tony was cleaning our pool and drowned.
- So I went to the pool awful, awful lot.
Examples
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I suggest closing the pool for 15 minutes.
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Wow, that's a cool pool with the hot tub.
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I think I got in my apartment pool once, only once.
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Yeah, we got the pool and look who joined us.
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And I, I sat down by the pool with this book.
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And then also right next to the pool, they have a gym.
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Maybe go to the pool and get a massage.
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I can hardly see you guys, but we're at the pool right now swimming.
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If you change your mind, Tommy, I'll be in the pool all afternoon.
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Out the window, I could see the swimming pool cover sagging under a blanket of brown leaves.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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A large place filled with water for people to swim in
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A small natural pool in a river or stream where people swim
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A shallow pool of water for young children to play in
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A swimming pool for people to swim and relax
An indoor pool for swimming
Compounds
- Archaic
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A group of people who make written documents for different people in an office
- Jargon
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A group of typists who type and write down what people say for an organization
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pool for swimming comes from the same old word pōl meaning 'a small body of water', because people made special places to hold water for bathing and play.