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/pu:l/ noun
1 WATER (C)a) a swimming pool or paddling pool: Does the hotel have a pool? | an inflatable rubber wading poolb) a small area of still water in a hollow place: The children hunted for crabs in the pools between the rocks. | where the stream formed a shallow pool2 a pool of water/blood/light etc a small area of liquid or light on a surface: Trautman lay unconscious in a pool of blood. | His desk lamp cast a pool of light on the documents.3 GAME (U) a game in which you use a stick to knock numbered balls into holes around a table, which is often played in bars—compare snooker 14 FOOTBALL the pools a system in Britain in which people try to win money each week by guessing the results of football games5 GROUP OF THINGS/PEOPLE (C)a) a number of things or an amount of money that is shared by a group of peopleb) a group who are available to work when they are needed: a pool of volunteers for community projects—see also: car pool 1, gene pool, typing pool 2 verb (T) to combine your money, ideas, skills etc with those of other people so that you can all use them: pool your resources: Investors agreed to pool their resources to develop the property.
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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pool — pool … Dictionnaire des rimes
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pool — pool1 [po͞ol] n. [ME < OE pol, akin to Du poel & Ger pfuhl, prob. ult. < IE base * bhel , to shine, glimmer] 1. a small pond, as in a garden 2. a small collection of liquid, as a puddle 3. SWIMMING POOL 4. a deep, still spot in a river ☆ … English World dictionary
pool — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} 1. TS econ., fin. aggregazione, coalizione di imprese operanti nello stesso settore economico, o in settori complementari, per l adozione di comuni politiche di mercato 2. TS econ. organismo internazionale… … Dizionario italiano
Pool — Pool, n. [AS. p[=o]l; akin to LG. pool, pohl, D. poel, G. pfuhl; cf. Icel. pollr, also W. pwll, Gael. poll.] 1. A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pool — Ⅰ. pool [1] ► NOUN 1) a small area of still water. 2) (also swimming pool) an artificial pool for swimming in. 3) a small, shallow patch of liquid lying on a surface. 4) a deep place in a river. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
pool — s.n. Înţelegere temporară între întreprinderi privind stabilirea unor preţuri comune, a folosirii în comun a unor patente sau a influenţării cursului hârtiilor de valoare. [pron. pul. / < engl.. pool – asociaţie]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 28.07 … Dicționar Român
