Sekirov Dictionary

pool

/puːl/

noun20

  1. 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.
  2. Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
  3. A small amount of liquid on a surface.
  4. a place where people swim, made with walls and a floor to keep the water in
  5. A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour or solids, 7 of another color or stripes, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.
  6. A supply of resources.
  7. A number of people when considered as a resource.
  8. A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
  9. A group of fencers taking part in a competition.
  10. A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.
  11. A set of players in quadrille etc.
  12. Any group of like things.
  13. A localized glow of light.
  14. The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
  15. An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
  16. Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
  17. A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.
  18. A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
  19. A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game.
  20. In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.

verb3

  1. 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.
  2. To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
  3. To form a pool.
forms

pooled · pooling · pools

Phrases with pool

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