wading pool
2
2.5
- noun
- /ˈweɪdɪŋ puːl/
- US
:
piscina infantil
- In the yard on the right, I could see a small plastic wading pool, the kind even babies can't drown in.
- a plastic wading pool
- a child's wading pool
- water in a wading pool
Examples
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Watching the puddle, Nina thought of her purple wading pool with blue fish on the side.
Fiction book (1997) -
A toddler wading pool that has been at the edge of McIntire Park for more than 45 years.
Blog text (5) -
Many cities have splash pads or wading pools that might provide relief from the heat as well.
Blog text (29) -
Get a kiddie wading pool for the backyard to cool him down with.
Blog text (26) -
Then they window-shop in the Oak Street stores, go to the library, and stop at the wading pool.
Fiction book (2000) -
We talked earlier about the fact there's a shortage of wading pools in the area.
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She could still detect a faint circular depression where Trina's wading pool had sat.
Fiction book (1999) -
Children enjoy playing in the wading pool during hot summer days.
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The little girl laughed as she splashed in the shallow wading pool with her friends.
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Parents set up a wading pool in the backyard for their kids to have fun and stay cool.
Synonyms
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1.0
A structure filled with water for people to swim in
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a shallow pool for wading' is directly and compositionally derived from 'wading' (walking with feet in shallow water) + 'pool' (a body of water). This is a straightforward modifier + noun construction found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun wading pool comes from the word wade, which means to walk in shallow water. A wading pool is a very shallow pool where children can safely wade and play, so the name simply means a 'shallow pool for play'.