Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: pool
IPA transcription: [p'ul]
Pronunciations of pool
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: pool
    Meaning: an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
  • Synonyms: pond, pool
    Meaning: a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing"
  • Synonyms: pool
    Meaning: an organization of people or resources that can be shared; "a car pool"; "a secretarial pool"; "when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool"
  • Synonyms: consortium, pool, syndicate
    Meaning: an association of companies for some definite purpose
  • Synonyms: pool
    Meaning: any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to the pool"
  • Synonyms: pool, puddle
    Meaning: a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid; "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: pool
    Meaning: combine into a common fund; "We pooled resources"
Usage examples
  • THE POOL OF BLOOD.
  • Wipe out this fascinating genetic pool?
  • A pool of water was spreading over the floor.
  • Now Mr. Turtle, living in the Smiling Pool, had plenty to eat.
  • At night we camp at a water pocket, a pool in a great limestone rock.
  • There was a small pool of open water and a longish crack off Hut Point.
  • "Of course I know you live in the Smiling Pool, but where is your house?
  • Instead he landed at the bottom of a deep pool of water cold as ice it seemed to him.
  • Dippy stepped to the edge of the pool and leaning over peered down somewhat anxiously.
  • "Blood, a regular pool of it--enough to have cleared out the carcass of a hull buffalo.
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