| Noun | 1. | pool - an excavation that is (usually) filled with watercistern - an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater water jump - a pool or stream in a steeplechase or similar contest | |
| 2. |  pool - a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing"lake - a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land 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 | |
| 3. | pool - an organization of people or resources that can be shared; "a car pool"; "a secretarial pool"; "when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool"typing pool - a group of typists who can work for different persons | |
| 4. | pool - an association of companies for some definite purposeassociation - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association" cartel, corporate trust, combine, trust - a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service; "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly" | |
| 5. | pool - any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to the pool" | |
| 6. | pool - a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid; "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood"billabong - a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge" mud puddle - a puddle of mud; "the children loved a mud puddle" | |
| 7. | pool - the combined stakes of the betters | |
| 8. | pool - something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"place, spot, topographic point - a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic" | |
| 9. |  pool - any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pocketsbreak - the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool carom, cannon - 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 snooker - a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball | |
| Verb | 1. | pool - combine into a common fund; "We pooled resources"share - use jointly or in common | |
| 2. | pool - join or form a pool of people | |