pool

pool
I
n.
joint enterprise

1) to form a pool

2) a car; stenographic, typing pool

group of vehicles

3) a motor pool

total of money bet by gamblers

4) a football pool (BE has pools)

billiards

5) to shoot pool

stock, supply

6) a gene pool

II
n.
basin

1) an indoor; outdoor; paddling (BE), wading (AE); swimming pool

small body of water

2) deep; shallow; stagnant pool

* * *
[puːl]
outdoor
shallow
stagnant pool
stenographic
swimming pool
typing pool
wading (AE)
paddling (BE)
['basin'] an indoor
['billiards'] to shoot pool
['group of vehicles'] a motor pool
['joint enterprise'] to form a pool
['small body of water'] deep
['stock, supply'] a gene pool
a car
['total of money bet by gamblers'] a football pool (BE has pools)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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