pool
A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
Noun 4 meanings
A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
“the pools of Solomon”
Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
Any group of like things.
Verb 3 meanings
To form a pool.
To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.
“We must pool our resources.”
To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
Etymology
From Middle English pool, pole, pol, from Old English pōl (“pool”), from Proto-West Germanic pōl, from Proto-Germanic *pōlaz (“pool, pond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bōlos (“bog, marsh”).
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POOL at a glance
POOL has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (P 3 + O 1 + O 1 + L 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,117 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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