pool
noun /puːl/
/puːl/
- (also swimming pool)[countable] an area of water that has been created for people to swim in
- an indoor/outdoor pool
- Does the hotel have a pool?
- relaxing by the pool
Extra ExamplesTopics Holidaysa1- He swam three lengths of the pool.
- I left the diving pool after my session on the springboards.
- A girl invited me over to her pool party.
- I slipped on the wet pool deck and fell down.
- Jack works there as a pool boy.
- a 25 m lap pool
- a unique new wave pool
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bathing
- paddling
- swimming
- …
- swim in
- dive into
- jump into
- …
- deck
- attendant
- boy
- …
- the bottom, edge, middle, side, etc. of the pool
- a length of the pool
- (also swimming pool)the building that contains a public pool
- [countable] a small area of still water, especially one that has formed naturally
- freshwater/thermal pools
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographya2- Rhinos are fond of wallowing in muddy pools and sandy riverbeds.
- The waterfall cascades into the pool below.
- There was a pool of water at the bottom of the garden.
- The park is full of hot water springs and bubbling mud pools.
- a shallow pool full of red carp
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- large
- little
- …
- in a/the pool
- pool of
- [countable] a small amount of liquid or light lying on a surface
- pool of something The body was lying in a pool of blood.
- a pool of light
- The water ran down out of their clothes and formed a pool on floor.
Extra Examples- The wick floated in a pool of oil.
- pools of water
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- little
- small
- …
- lie in
- in a/the pool
- pool of
- [countable] pool (of something) a supply of things or money that is shared by a group of people and can be used when needed
- a pool of cars used by the firm’s sales force
- a pool car
Extra Examples- They draw on funds from a common pool.
- They will share a limited pool of money with other defendants.
- a shrinking pool of assets
- The purpose of an insurance company is to provide a pool of funds from which to meet claims made by its customers.
- a growing pool of data
- a vast pool of knowledge on best practices
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
- …
- build
- create
- form
- …
- pool of
- [countable] pool (of something) a group of people available for work when needed
- a pool of cheap labour
- I started my career in the typing pool (= a group of people who shared a company’s typing work) over 40 years ago.
Extra Examples- A member of the press pool shouted out a question to the president.
- There's a great talent pool in the business community.
- We need to increase our applicant pool.
- a method of expanding the pool of potential investors
- a strong pool of talent in the company
- the available pool of really good people
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
- …
- build
- create
- form
- …
- pool of
- [uncountable] a game for two people played with 16 balls on a table, often in pubs and bars. Players use cues (= long sticks) to try to hit the balls into pockets at the edge of the table.
enlarge image- a pool table
- to shoot (= play) pool
- Do you play pool?
- the pools(also football pools)[plural] a form of gambling in the UK in which people try to win money by saying what the results of football matches will be
- He does the pools every week.
- a pools winner
for swimming
of water
of liquid/light
group of things/people
game
football
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 3 Old English pōl, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch poel and German Pfuhl. noun senses 4 to 7 late 17th cent. (originally denoting a game of cards having a pool): from French poule in the sense ‘stake, kitty’, associated with pool ‘small area of liquid’.