motor pool
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈmoʊtər puːl/
- Jargon
:
flota
- The soldiers reserved a truck from the motor pool for their mission.
- motor pool vehicles
- motor pool crew
- truck from the motor pool
Examples
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During the 1st year, students evaluated the motor pool, farm services, power plant, and creamery on campus.
Academic text (1996) -
All of the Department's cars are algae green and shine like algae, thanks to the diligent ministrations of the motor pool.
Fiction book (2000) -
How do you like working in the motor pool?
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Go to the motor pool and get a car and a pass.
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Maybe you could let my sergeant down at the motor pool take a look at it.
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When the war was over, Hirose secured a job as a driver in the motor pool of the Occupation Forces.
Fiction book (2001) -
So if you're gonna join us, there's an orders group in one hour at the motor pool.
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Akey greeted me almost the instant I pulled the vehicle into the motor pool garage.
Fiction book (1995) -
Vesquith drove the PET into the motor pool and connected airtight tubes to two similar vehicles.
Fiction book (1998) -
Every Thursday, I would receive a slip entitling me to take a pickup truck out of the motor pool on Friday and drive it downtown to HEW.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
384
2.5
A group of vehicles like cars or buses that a company owns
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a shared group of vehicles managed by an organization' is directly derivable from combining 'motor' (vehicle/machine producing motion) with 'pool' (a shared reserve or collection). This noun-noun composition and the use of 'pool' to mean a shared resource is common in English and cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun motor pool comes from the simple image of many motor vehicles kept together in one pool, like a shared supply of cars and trucks. So, a motor pool is a group of vehicles held by an organization and kept ready for people to use.