pool

Noun
  1. An excavation that is (usually) filled with water (synset 103988418)
    is a type of: excavation - a hole in the ground made by excavating
    subtypes:
  2. A small lake (synset 109420266)
    "the pond was too small for sailing"
    is a type of: lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
    subtypes:
    • fishpond - a freshwater pond with fish
    • horsepond - a pond for watering horses
    • mere - a small pond of standing water
    • millpond - a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of water to turn a mill wheel
    • swimming hole - a small body of water (usually in a creek) that is deep enough to use for swimming
    • water hole - a natural hole or hollow containing water
    same as: pond
  3. An organization of people or resources that can be shared (synset 108498380)
    "a car pool"; "a secretarial pool"; "when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool"
    is a type of: organisation, organization - a group of people who work together
    subtypes: typing pool - a group of typists who can work for different persons
  4. An association of companies for some definite purpose (synset 108253359)
    is a type of: association - a formal organization of people or groups of people
    subtypes: cartel, combine, corporate trust, trust - a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
    same as: consortium, syndicate
  5. Any communal combination of funds (synset 113391030)
    "everyone contributed to the pool"
    is a type of: reserve account, reserve fund - funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments
    has: bet, stake, stakes, wager - the money risked on a gamble
  6. A small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid (synset 109420482)
    "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood"
    is a type of: body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
    subtypes:
    • billabong - a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently
    • mud puddle - a puddle of mud
    same as: puddle
  7. The combined stakes of the betters (synset 113390647)
    is a type of: bet, stake, stakes, wager - the money risked on a gamble
    same as: kitty
  8. Something resembling a pool of liquid (synset 108682839)
    "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
    is a type of: place, spot, topographic point - a point located with respect to surface features of some region
    same as: puddle
  9. Any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets (synset 100502091)
    is a type of: table game - a game that is played on a table
    subtypes: snooker - a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball
    has:
    • break - the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
    • cannon, carom - a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
    • masse, masse shot - a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball
    • miscue - a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
    same as: pocket billiards
Verb
  1. Combine into a common fund (synset 202300803)
    "We pooled resources"
    is a type of: share - use jointly or in common
  2. Join or form a pool of people (synset 201092518)
    is a type of: aggroup, group - form a group or group together

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