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   pool

   /puːl/

   noun

   • 1. a shared supply of vehicles or resources to be drawn on when needed: "a car pool" Similar supplycommon supplyreserve(s)storereservoirstockstockpileaccumulationstorehousehoardcachefundbacklog
   • ▪ a group of people available for work when required or considered as a resource: "the typing pool" Similar supplycommon supplyreserve(s)storereservoirstockstockpileaccumulationstorehousehoardcachefundbacklog
   • ▪ a common fund into which all contributors pay and from which financial backing is provided: "big public investment pools" Similar fundreservekittypotbankpursejackpotantestakes
   • ▪ the collective amount of players' stakes in gambling or sweepstakes; a kitty: "dividends are calculated by dividing the net pool by the stakes on the winners"
   • ▪ another term for football 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"
   • ▪ share (resources or information) for the benefit of all involved: "the skills of teachers can be pooled and shared"

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. pooler noun

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   What does a pool mean?

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   Is a pool the same as a swimming pool?

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   What is a pool of people?

   • 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. 6. See also car pool

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   What does billiards mean?

   • to cause (blood) to form pools. pool filters. a pool party. Also called pocket billiards. any of various games played on a pool table with a cue ball and 15 other balls that are usually numbered, in which the object is to drive all the balls into the pockets with the cue ball. Compare billiards ( def ).

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   What is a pool of liquid or light?

   • See also rock pool A pool of liquid or light is a small area of it on the ground or on a surface. It was raining quietly and steadily and there were little pools of water on the gravel drive. A pool of people, money, or things is a quantity or number of them that is available for an organization or group to use.

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   A pool is a small body of water, like the tide pools that form on rocky beaches at low tide, or the town pool where you take swimming lessons.