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🏊 Area by a pool 🏊 Next to a pool
poolside

poolside

11 1.8
The area next to a swimming pool for sitting or relaxing
  • noun
  • /ˈpuːlˌsaɪd/
translation icon : zona junto a la piscina
  • You'll never go thirsty as there's a swim-up bar, a poolside bar, and a lounge open for drinks.
  • lounging poolside
  • poolside cabana
  • poolside bar

Examples

  • Let's go to the poolside.

    Delhi Safari (2012)

  • Let me show you guys the poolside.

    Dinner (2016)

  • I'm good for a poolside picnic.

    High School Musical 2 (2007)

  • Oh, if you get the chance you have to try the Berry cocktail at the poolside bar.

    Kidnapped (2021)

  • Sunday, at 10 a.m., she had brunch, poolside.

    China Moon (1994)

  • Please join us poolside for poker and blackjack.

    Runner Runner (2013)

  • He's going to look even greater lounging poolside at the new Blake resort.

    The Game Plan (2007)

  • Although it hadn't been crowded, there had been enough sunbathers poolside to make people-watching interesting.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • For a chill-out moment, WET Bar is a poolside spot to socialize, sip, and nibble under Singapore's glistening sun.

    Blog text (2)

  • We enjoyed a delicious lunch poolside while soaking up the sun.

Surface Forms

poolside singular
poolside plural

Morphology

poolside = pool + side (transparent) = pool + side

A straightforward compound 'pool' + 'side' naming the area beside a pool; meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Poolside is simply pool + side, where side means 'edge' or 'next to', so as a noun it names the 'area at the edge of a pool' where people sit, relax, or put chairs and umbrellas.