pool
pool
pu:l
pool
/puːl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "pool"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒ⧁āϞ, āϏāĻžāρāϤāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āϞ

a container of water that people can swim in
pool definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the summer heatwave, many locals flock to the public pool to cool off and relax in the refreshing water.
āĻ—ā§āϰ⧀āĻˇā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĒāĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϞ⧋āĻ• āϏāϤ⧇āϜ āϜāϞ⧇ āĻļā§€āϤāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒ⧁āϞ-āĻ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ, āϜāϞāĻžāĻļāϝāĻŧ

a small, shallow body of water, typically calm and isolated
pool definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They enjoyed the peacefulness of the small pool in the garden.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĒ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒ⧁āϞ, āĻĒ⧁āϞ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž

a game played on a table with two players, in which the players use special sticks to hit 16 numbered balls into the holes at the edge of the table
pool definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Playing pool requires skill, strategy, and precision to accurately hit the balls into the pockets.
āĻĒ⧁āϞ āϖ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž, āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻŦāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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an association of organizations or companies formed for a specific purpose, often to share risks or resources

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The shipping companies joined a pool to reduce competition on certain routes.
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an organization or collection of people, funds, or resources that can be shared among members

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The city created a pool of bicycles for public use.
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the total combined stakes or money contributed by all participants in a bet, contest, or lottery

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
All bets were added to the pool, which would go to the winner.
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āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to combine money, resources, or assets into a common fund for shared use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Employees pooled their resources to organize a charity event.
āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāϤāĻŦā§āϝ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻœā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to join or form a collective group of people for a shared purpose
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Researchers pooled their knowledge to tackle the complex problem.
āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻ•āϰāĻž āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āĻŽā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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