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say it: pool
pool is a noun and verb meaning "an excavation that is (usually) filled with water". It is pronounced /ˈpul/ — pool. It carries 11 recorded senses.
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
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”
an association of companies for some definite purpose
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”
something resembling a pool of liquid
“he stood in a pool of light”
“his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines”
any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
join or form a pool of people
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pool come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.