pool
(puːl )
Word forms: pools , pooling , pooled
1. countable noun A2
A pool is the same as a swimming pool.
...a heated indoor pool.
During winter, many people swim and the pool is crowded.
Synonyms: swimming pool, lido, swimming bath(s) [British], bathing pool [archaic]
2. countable noun B2
A pool is a fairly small area of still water.
The pool had dried up and was full of bracken and reeds.
...beautiful gardens filled with pools, fountains and rare birds.
Synonyms: pond, lake, mere, tarn
3. See also rock pool
4. countable noun B2
A pool of liquid or light is a small area of it on the ground or on a surface.
She was found lying in a pool of blood. [+ of]
It was raining quietly and steadily and there were little pools of water on the gravel drive.
The lamps on the side-tables threw warm pools of light on the polished wood. [+ of]
Synonyms: puddle, drop, patch, splash
5. countable noun
A pool of people, money, or things is a quantity or number of them that is available for an organization or group to use.
The available pool of healthy manpower was not as large as military officials had expected.
The new proposal would create a reserve pool of cash. [+ of]
6. See also car pool
7. verb
If a group of people or organizations pool their money, knowledge, or equipment, they share it or put it together so that it can be used for a particular purpose.
We pooled ideas and information. [VERB noun]
Philip and I pooled our savings to start up my business. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: combine, share, merge, put together
8. uncountable noun B1+
Pool is a game played on a large table covered with a cloth. Players use a long stick called a cue to hit a white ball across the table so that it knocks coloured balls with numbers on them into six holes around the edge of the table.
We played pool together and were good mates.
He was shooting pool with two other men.
9. plural noun
If you do the pools, you take part in a gambling competition in which people try to win money by guessing correctly the results of football matches. [British]
The odds of winning the pools are about one in 20 million.
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Collocations:
communal pool indoor pool open-air pool outdoor pool pool information pool of resources pool savings pool slide pool terrace pool tournament pool water rectangular pool reflecting pool rooftop pool shallow pool spa pool splash pool stagnant pool talent pool thermal pool vast pool waterfall pool wave pool
A week in August costs £670 and guests have the use of a communal pool.
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The luxury residences at this five-star clifftop resort on the south coast are clustered in twos and threes around a communal pool.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
All properties share a communal pool.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There's a good restaurant and bar with panoramic river views, and an indoor pool.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Rooms are in a contemporary style and facilities include an indoor pool, fitness centre and spa.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The spa has an indoor pool and gym and offers health and beauty treatments.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I have always enjoyed sports, especially swimming; we have an open-air pool at home, which we swim in when it's not too cold.
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As well as an open-air rooftop pool with stunning views of the city, there's a series of steam rooms and another pool downstairs in which to gently drift.
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There's also a terrace with an open-air pool.
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As well as an outdoor pool there's an indoor one, plus a steam room, tennis court, hot tub, games room, bar and a cinema.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Better still, take a stroll or short jog around the city, have a swim at the beach or outdoor pool, sip a cool drink at a sidewalk café, have a picnic or relax in the park.
Beat Jet Lag - arrive alert and stay alert (1991)
The spa has indoor and outdoor pools, a gym, a sauna and beauty treatments.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Under the plan, all agencies will be encouraged to pool information about vulnerable people to ensure that they get the best treatment and support.
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Staff and customers can connect and pool information to improve communication and productivity.
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We need partner agencies abroad to pool information, to monitor individuals or to detain them where there are clear concerns.
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Join a local history society and pool information with other members; check libraries and county record offices for old maps, photos and other documents.
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Source documents or public sources will typically be used to tie-out the collateral pool information.
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Few can draw on this pool of resources.
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It did however provide a cheap pool of resources amenable to spending months/years on site coding modifications and fixes.
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Guild members can also be given access to a central pool of resources known as a guild bank.
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Police districts hold a common pool of resources and personnel and have a common administration and budget.
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A steady flow of contributions from generous individuals assured the school of a reliable and adequate pool of resources in order to meet its own needs.
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They pooled savings and amassed 250,000 before embarking on a round of fundraising.
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There were 71 building societies in 1997 and many thousands in the 19th century when local people pooled savings to finance house building.
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Tired of working in other people's restaurants, the friends pooled savings and family loans to raise 16,000 and redecorate a rented two-storey venue.
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Ever thought the pool slide would be the height of fashion?
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Take the humble pool slide.
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For warmer weather, pool slides are the new flip-flops.
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We're not condoning socks and sandals, but when it comes to a rather fashion-forward pair of pool slides, we could be persuaded.
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However, what sane individual wants to spend time with a management consultant, with or without pool slides?
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When the sun shines, head outside for some laps, sunbathing on the pool terrace or more slide fun.
The Sun
Each has three bedrooms, rustic decor and an outdoor pool terrace.
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It has extensive flower-filled gardens, a wide pool terrace and elegant suites with a bright, colourful design.
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It's got its own 1.5 acre garden with a secluded pool terrace, beyond which steps lead down to the sea.
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Rooms are simple and chic, in shades of cobalt and coffee, while outside the bougainvillea-draped gardens and sizeable pool terrace look straight out to sea.
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The troops can let off steam at social events such as a recent quiz night and pool tournament.
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Pool tournament need arranging for troubled youths?
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At the time, this was the biggest first prize in a pool tournament.
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Also, slightly bizarrely, you can compete in the full load of pool tournaments too.
The Sun
Afterwards we were encouraged to take part in everything from quizzes to pool tournaments.
The Sun
With large air pockets, the covers helped trap solar rays and retain heat so pool water remained warm, although these bubbles weren’t poppable.
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From the lounge window overlooking the sun deck, it was extraordinary to see the swimming pool water surge into a spectacularly tall wave and crash back down again.
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The infected mosquitoes apparently breed either in pool covers or in pool water.
The Scientist
No band, no lavish sets, no pool water - it's a real credit crunch production.
The Sun
Glazed or unglazed flat collectors are the preferred devices for heating swimming pool water.
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Rather than a boring rectangular pool, this hotel lets swimmers weave their way around the various buildings on two levels.
The Sun
View of the big rectangular pool and the sea.
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Once inside, you can gaze into a vast rectangular pool of this colour.
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Created in 1670, this bosquet originally contained a central rectangular pool surrounded by a turf border.
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These are located around a large rectangular pool.
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These surround a central reflecting pool, which bounces light and colour through the space.
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The spring fills a reflecting pool, on which the romantic alfresco dining area appears to float, before trickling through the hotel's lemon freshwater swimming pool.
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There's a 230ft reflecting pool beside public areas that feel like temples, scented by borders of rosemary, lavender and jasmine.
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As you walk, the lights come up along the tree-lined reflecting pool.
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The simple tomb stands at the end of a long reflecting pool.
Globe and Mail
It has a good beach, 10 comfy rooms, a nice rooftop pool and a pleasant restaurant.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
All lifts and whitewashed spiral staircases lead to the rooftop pool, with views of spires and rolling green hills, that crowns the complex of four thermal pools.
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The gorgeous views are also captured while soaking up the sun by the rooftop pool.
The Sun (2012)
Outside the door, a shallow pool of spring water glistens in the moonlight.
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In another, a tacky water park-style cartoon turtle looms large at the center of a shallow pool, a goofy grin cemented on its face.
Smithsonian Mag
A moment later, amazingly, it opened its wings, flew straight towards us, and landed 50 yards away at the edge of a shallow pool.
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A shallow pool of players?
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Water drips down from along a tall, corrugated metal wall, forming a shallow pool in which the two sole cast members slosh and splash.
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But faced with weeks, months, years even, trapped at home with my family, a multi-jet spa pool with underwater speakers suddenly seemed the sophisticated choice.
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Facilities include a spacious saloon, a heated on-deck spa pool and bicycles for exploring the towpath and local villages.
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Afternoons were spent having ayurvedic treatments and dips in the spa pool.
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Health officials investigating an outbreak of the bug found traces in a spa pool, on display for two months in 2005.
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The row of properties was listed as a luxury complex boasting 144 rooms, private terraces, a gym and a spa pool.
The Sun
A typical splash pool, 3ft high and 10ft in diameter, uses one sixth of one person's average water consumption.
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In summer, a toy-filled marquee and a splash pool appear on the lawn in the four-acre grounds.
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Splash pool owners are urged to cover their pool instead of refreshing the water every week.
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Seawards has three bedrooms and a kidney bean-shaped splash pool.
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Both feature many drops and turns, and both end at the same splash pool.
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For some time car makers have been treading water in a stagnant pool.
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The ballyhoo; the hoot; the brindle of words and the stagnant pool.
The Times Literary Supplement
She holds it out to show it off but accidentally drops it in the stagnant pool at her feet.
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It was as if a sweet clear spring had begun to rise in a stagnant pool and had risen and risen until at last it swept the dark water away.
The Secret Garden
The ground on which it stands was a malarial swamp encirciling a huge stagnant pool.
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We also want to keep our talent pool as wide as possible.
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But people do drop out or leave the talent pool.
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So you should look at a country's working population, and its talent pool, and assess whether measures are in place to grow and improve it.
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Redundant or demotivated employees form a floating talent pool.
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The new recruitment procedures will create a valuable by-product - a bespoke talent pool of good-quality candidates to be drawn from as needs arise.
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We also head off on an interesting excursion to a pungent thermal pool and then by riverboat to see rock tombs in the hillsides after lunch by the riverside.
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Or book a couples' massage at the new spa before taking a starlit dip in the outdoor thermal pool.
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This relaxed hotel makes the most of them, with a large thermal pool with dreamy hydrotherapy jets, private thermal baths for one or two and a thermal hot tub.
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A vast pool winds its way around neatly cut lawns.
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Does that mean we should not tap into this vast pool of newly available data?
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Corporations are salivating at the prospect of this emerging middle class because it represents a vast pool of new consumers.
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Set in 12 acres of countryside, the complex has 89 bedrooms, luxe treatment rooms, a vast pool area, gym, juice bar, restaurant and outside deck area.
The Sun
As well as the 12-bedroom manor house, you get two offshore islands, a vast pool, a hot tub, a pool house, a grass tennis court and a staff wing.
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It has 12 water and heat areas, including a fabulous indoor and outdoor waterfall pool.
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We loved the waterfall pool which starts indoors before winding its way outdoors.
The Sun
There's also a pretty stream with a waterfall pool, deep enough for a refreshing plunge and perfect for wild camping.
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Or try the indoor/outdoor waterfall pool with massage jets.
The Sun
Next she phoned a nearby wave pool, where people go to play in simulated waves.
Smithsonian
It will include a powered wave pool for surfers and windsurfers.
The Sun
A surfing fan, he sanctioned a $14 million investment in a wave pool company.
Times, Sunday Times
The park features 17 water slides including two with adrenalin-inducing freefall drops as well as a wave pool and a lazy river.
The Sun
There are 13 waterslides, a lazy river, a wave pool and a spa.
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Translations:
Chinese: 资源汇集, 水塘, 凑集资金、知识、设备等
Japanese: 共同資金 resources, 水たまり water, プールする
- poetic quality
- poetic rhythm
- poetic sensibility
- poetic style
- poetic text
- poetic tradition
- poetic vision
- poetic voice
- poet laureate
- poetry
- poetry and prose
- poetry anthology
- poetry contest
- poetry editor
- poetry reader
- poetry recital
- poetry recitation
- poetry slam
- poetry workshop
- poetry writing
- po-faced
- pogrom
- poignancy
- poignant
- poignant drama