pool¹ /pool/

1. A small body of still water
2. A temporary or casual collection of water or other liquid
3. A puddle
4. A deep part of a stream
5. An underground accumulation (in the pores of sedimentary rock) of petroleum or gas
6. A swimming-pool

1. To collect into a pool
2. To accumulate

poolˈside noun and adjective

pool² /pool/

1. The stakes in certain games
2. The collective stakes of a number of people who combine in a betting arrangement
3. An organized arrangement for betting in this way
4. A group of people combining in this way
5. A game, or a set of players, at quadrille, etc
6. A game or contest of various kinds in which the winner receives the pool
7. Any of various games played on a table smaller than a billiard table, each player trying to pocket a number of (esp coloured and numbered) balls
8. A common stock or fund
9. A combination of interest
10. A combine
11. An arrangement for eliminating competition
12. A group of people who may be called upon as required, eg, a group of typists
13. (in pl; often with the) a competition based on betting on the results of a number of football games

To put into a common fund or stock

To form a pool

scoop the pool (informal; gambling)

To win a substantial amount of money from collective stakes

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