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.

the pools of Solomon

the Pool of London

Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.

(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of swimming pool.

(broadly)(by extension, computing) A set of resources that are kept ready to use.

(broadly)(by extension) Any group of like things.

A small amount of liquid on a surface.

a pool of blood

A localized glow of light.

A supply of resources.

(uncountable)(games, uncountable) 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.

(sports) 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.

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.

(fencing) A group of fencers taking part in a competition.

Đồng nghĩa: poule

(intransitive)(intransitive, of a liquid) To form a pool.

(transitive)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.

27 February 2010, Barack Obama, Presidential Weekly Address - Time for Us to Act Many on both sides agreed that we should give small businesses and individuals the ability to participate in a new insurance marketplace – which members of Congress would also use – that would allow them to pool their purchasing power and get a better deal from insurance companies.

(intransitive)To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.