A pool is defined as a puddle of liquid or a place for swimming.
(noun)Pool is a type of billiard game played with a long cue and balls on a felted table.
(noun)An example of pool is what Paul Newman played in the movie The Hustler.
The definition of a pool is a combination or gathering of people or resources for the same purpose.
(noun)An example of pool is a group of co-workers who drive to work together in the same vehicle.
See pool in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME < OE pol, akin to Du poel & Ger pfuhl, prob. ult. < IE base *bhel-, to shine, glimmer
intransitive verb
noun
Origin: Fr poule, pool, stakes, orig. hen < LL pulla, hen, fem. of L pullus (see poultry): assoc. in E with pool
transitive verb, intransitive verb
See pool in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English pōl
.noun
Origin:
Origin: French poule, hen, stakes, booty
Origin: , from Old French, hen, young chicken
Origin: , from Latin pullus, young of an animal; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots
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