ALL meanings of pool
pool
P p - noun pool Also called pocket billiards. any of various games played on a pool table with a cue ball and 15 other balls that are usually numbered, in which the object is to drive all the balls into the pockets with the cue ball. 1
- noun pool the total amount staked by a combination of bettors, as on a race, to be awarded to the successful bettor or bettors. 1
- noun pool the combination of such bettors. 1
- noun pool an association of competitors who agree to control the production, market, and price of a commodity for mutual benefit, although they appear to be rivals. 1
- noun pool Finance. a combination of persons or organizations for the purpose of manipulating the prices of securities. 1
- noun pool a combination of resources, funds, etc., for common advantage. 1
- noun pool the combined interests or funds. 1
- noun pool a facility, resource, or service that is shared by a group of people: a car pool; a typing pool. 1
- noun pool the persons or parties involved. 1
- noun pool the stakes in certain games. 1
- noun pool British. a billiard game. 1
- noun pool Fencing. a match in which each teammate successively plays against each member of the opposing team. 1
- verb without object pool to enter into or form a pool. 1
- verb with object pool to put (resources, money, etc.) into a pool, or common stock or fund, as for a financial venture, according to agreement. 1
- verb with object pool to form a pool of. 1
- verb with object pool to make a common interest of. 1
- adjective pool of or belonging to a pool: a pool typist; a pool reporter. 1
- noun Definition of pool in Technology Parallel Object-Oriented Language. A series of languages from Philips Research Labs. See POOL2, POOL-I, POOL-T. 1
- noun pool swimming bath 1
- noun pool body of water 1
- noun pool puddle of liquid 1
- noun pool group: workers, applicants, etc. 1
- noun pool game: like snooker 1
- noun pool part of a stream 1
- noun pool accumulation: of light, etc. 1
- noun pool fleet of cars 1
- noun pool joint venture 1
- noun pool gambling: combined stakes 1
- noun pool collected resources 1
- noun plural pool gambling on football 1
- intransitive verb pool form a puddle 1
- intransitive verb pool blood: accumulate 1
- transitive verb pool combine 1
- transitive verb pool share 1
- countable noun pool A pool is the same as a swimming pool. 0
- countable noun pool A pool is a fairly small area of still water. 0
- countable noun pool A pool of liquid or light is a small area of it on the ground or on a surface. 0
- countable noun pool A pool of people, money, or things is a quantity or number of them that is available for an organization or group to use. 0
- verb pool If a group of people or organizations pool their money, knowledge, or equipment, they share it or put it together so that it can be used for a particular purpose. 0
- uncountable noun pool Pool is a game played on a large table covered with a cloth. Players use a long stick called a cue to hit a white ball across the table so that it knocks coloured balls with numbers on them into six holes around the edge of the table. 0
- noun plural pool If you do the pools, you take part in a gambling competition in which people try to win money by guessing correctly the results of football matches. 0
- noun pool a small body of still water, usually fresh; small pond 0
- noun pool a small isolated collection of liquid spilt or poured on a surface; puddle 0
- noun pool a deep part of a stream or river where the water runs very slowly 0
- noun pool an underground accumulation of oil or gas, usually forming a reservoir in porous sedimentary rock 0
- noun pool any communal combination of resources, funds, etc 0
- noun pool the combined stakes of the betters in many gambling sports or games; kitty 0
- noun pool a group of producers who conspire to establish and maintain output levels and high prices, each member of the group being allocated a maximum quota; price ring 0
- noun pool a joint fund organized by security-holders for speculative or manipulative purposes on financial markets 0
- noun pool the persons or parties involved in such a combination 0