pool

(po͞ol)

1. A small body of still water.
2. An accumulation of standing liquid; a puddle: a pool of blood.
3. A deep or still place in a stream.
4. A swimming pool.
5. An underground accumulation of petroleum or gas in porous sedimentary rock.

1. To form pools or a pool: The receding tide pooled in hollows along the shore.
2. To accumulate in a body part: preventing blood from pooling in the limbs.

(po͞ol)

1. a. A game of chance, resembling a lottery, in which the contestants put staked money into a common fund that is later paid to the winner.
   b. A fund containing all the money bet in a game of chance or on the outcome of an event.
2. A grouping of resources for the common advantage of the participants: a pool of implements for the use of all the workers on the estate; forming a pool of our talents.
3. An available supply, the use of which is shared by a group.
4. A group of journalists who cover an event and then by agreement share their reports with participating news media: the White House press pool.
5. a. A mutual fund established by a group of stockholders for speculating in or manipulating prices of securities.
   b. The persons or parties participating in such a fund.
6. An agreement between competing business concerns to establish controls over production, market, and prices for common profit.
7. Any of several games played on a six-pocket billiards table usually with 15 object balls and a cue ball. Also called pocket billiards.

Related Forms:

• poolˈer noun