Pool

Meaning of Pool

noun

a small area of still water, typically one formed naturally.

verb
  1. (of liquid) form a pool on the ground or another surface.
    sweat pooled in the hollow of my back

Old English pōl, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch poel and German Pfuhl .

noun
  1. a shared supply of vehicles or resources to be drawn on when needed.
    a car pool
  2. a game played on a small billiard table using two sets of seven coloured and numbered balls together with one black ball and a white cue ball, with the aim of pocketing all one's own balls and then the black.
  3. a group of contestants who compete against each other in a tournament for the right to advance to the next round.
    the sides in Pool A
  4. an arrangement, illegal in many countries, between competing parties to fix prices or rates and share business in order to eliminate competition.
    pool arrangements by the competing networks reduce individual costs
verb
  1. (of two or more people or organizations) put (money or other assets) into a common fund.
    they entered a contract to pool any gains and invest them profitably

late 17th century (originally denoting a game of cards having a pool): from French poule in the sense ‘stake, kitty’, associated with pool1.

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Hyphenation of Pool

Pool

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • Pool is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Pool synonyms

Meaning pond:

pond

Meaning consortium:

consortium, syndicate

Meaning puddle:

puddle

Meaning kitty:

kitty

Meaning a stock or amount of something supplied or available for use:

supply

Meaning a quantity or supply of something kept for use as needed:

store

Meaning a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply:

reservoir

Meaning a supply or quantity of something accumulated or available for future use:

stock

Meaning a large accumulated stock of goods or materials, especially one held in reserve for use at a time of shortage or other emergency:

stockpile

Meaning a mass or quantity of something that has gradually gathered or been acquired:

accumulation

Meaning a building used for storing goods:

storehouse

Meaning a stock or store of money or valued objects, typically one that is secret or carefully guarded:

hoard

Meaning a collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden or inaccessible place:

cache

Meaning a sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose:

fund

Meaning an accumulation of uncompleted work or matters needing to be dealt with:

backlog

Anagrams of Pool

loop, Polo, polo

Words that rhyme with Pool

pool, Ullapool, subpool, Hartlepool, tidepool, fishpool, antipool, Blackpool, blackpool, Whirlpool, millpool, whirlpool, Glenpool, vanpool, Liverpool, Vanderpool, carpool, liverpool, cesspool, earspool, sesspool, spool, Claypool, Pontypool

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