pool
v.
join, attach; combine, unite; deposit into a communal fund
n.
communal fund; treasury, general financial fund; any of a number of games played on a cloth covered table with cues and balls, billiards
n.
swimming pool, man-made tank used for swimming; pond, small lake; puddle, very small and shallow body of water
Pool
pool
Noun
1. an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
(hypernym) excavation, hole in the ground
(hyponym) cistern
2. a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing"
(synonym) pond
(hypernym) lake
(hyponym) fishpond
3. 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"
(hypernym) organization, organisation
(hyponym) typing pool
4. an association of companies for some definite purpose
(synonym) consortium, syndicate
(hypernym) association
(hyponym) trust, corporate trust, combine, cartel
5. any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to the pool"
(hypernym) reserve account, reserve fund
(part-meronym) stake, stakes, bet, wager
6. 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"
(synonym) puddle
(hypernym) body of water, water
(hyponym) billabong
7. the combined stakes of the betters
(synonym) kitty
(hypernym) stake, stakes, bet, wager
8. something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
(synonym) puddle
(hypernym) topographic point, place, spot
9. any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
(synonym) pocket billiards
(hypernym) table game
(hyponym) snooker
(part-meronym) break
Verb
1. combine into a common fund; "We pooled resources"
(hypernym) share
2. join or form a pool of people
(hypernym) group, aggroup
Pool (der)
n.
pool, communal fund, general financial fund
pool (m)
n.
pool, any of a number of games played on a cloth covered table with cues and balls, billiards