Pool

  • 31pool — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 swimming pool, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ bathing, paddling (BrE), swimming, wading (AmE) ▪ big ▪ little, small …

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  • 32pool — See commodity pool. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary (1) For mortgage backed securities, a pool is a group of mortgage loans backing an individual security issue. (2) In funds transfer pricing systems, a pool is an aggregation of funds to… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 33pool — pool1 /poohl/, n. 1. a small body of standing water; pond. 2. a still, deep place in a stream. 3. any small collection of liquid on a surface: a pool of blood. 4. a puddle. 5. See swimming pool. 6. a subterranean accumulation of oil or gas held… …

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  • 34pool — [[t]pu͟ːl[/t]] ♦♦♦ pools, pooling, pooled 1) N COUNT A pool is the same as a swimming pool. ...a heated indoor pool... During winter, many people swim and the pool is crowded. 2) N COUNT A pool is a fairly small area of still water. → See also… …

    English dictionary

  • 35pool — I n. joint enterprise 1) to form a pool 2) a car; stenographic, typing pool group of vehicles 3) a motor pool total of money bet by gamblers 4) a football pool (BE has pools) billiards 5) to shoot pool stock, supply 6) a gene pool II n …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 36pool — pool1 W2S2 [pu:l] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for swimming)¦ 2¦(area of water)¦ 3 pool of water/blood/light etc 4¦(game)¦ 5¦(group of people)¦ 6¦(shared money/things)¦ 7 the pools 8¦(sports)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 3; Origin …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 37pool — I UK [puːl] / US [pul] noun Word forms pool : singular pool plural pools *** 1) a) [countable] a small area of still liquid The water collected in a little pool at the bottom of the cliff. pool of: a muddy road dotted with pools of rainwater a… …

    English dictionary

  • 38Pool —  Pour l’article homophone, voir Poule. Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Pool », s …

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  • 39pool — 1 /pu:l/ noun 1 WATER (C) a) a swimming pool or paddling pool: Does the hotel have a pool? | an inflatable rubber wading pool b) a small area of still water in a hollow place: The children hunted for crabs in the pools between the rocks. | where… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 40Pool —    A pond, or reservoir, for holding water (Heb. berekhah; modern Arabic, birket), an artificial cistern or tank. Mention is made of the pool of Gibeon (2 Sam. 2:13); the pool of Hebron (4:12); the upper pool at Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17; 20:20);… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary