pool

pool
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noun
1 swimming pool, etc.
ADJECTIVE
bathing, paddling (BrE), swimming, wading (AmE)
big
little, small
deep
empty
indoor
open-air (BrE), outdoor
heated
backyard (AmE)
in-ground (AmE)
Olympic, Olympic-size
baby (esp. AmE), children's, kiddie (esp. AmE)
inflatable

We gave the children an inflatable pool for Christmas.

lap (AmE)

a 25 m lap pool

diving (esp. BrE)

I left the diving pool after my session on the springboards.

wave

a unique new wave pool

plunge

a sauna and plunge pool

birthing (BrE)

babies born in birthing pools

VERB + POOL
swim in
dive into, jump into, plunge into
fill
drain

You won't have to drain the pool so often.

POOL + NOUN
deck (esp. AmE)

I slipped on the wet pool deck and fell down.

attendant (esp. BrE), boy (AmE)

Jack works there as a pool boy.

party

A girl invited me over to her pool party.

PHRASES
the bottom, edge, middle, side, etc. of the pool
a length of the pool

He swam three lengths of the pool.

2 small shallow area of water
ADJECTIVE
big, large
little, small
bottomless, deep
shallow
stagnant, still
muddy

Rhinos are fond of wallowing in muddy pools and sandy riverbeds.

freshwater, saltwater
rock (BrE), tide (AmE)
ornamental, reflecting (esp. AmE)
PREPOSITION
in a/the pool

The children waded in the shallow rock pools.

pool of

pools of water

3 small area of liquid/light
ADJECTIVE
big
little, small
dark
mud

The park is full of hot water springs and bubbling mud pools.

VERB + POOL
lie in

The body lay in a dark pool of blood.

PREPOSITION
in a/the pool

The wick floated in a pool of oil.

pool of

pools of light

4 supply of sth
ADJECTIVE
big, huge, large, vast

a vast pool of knowledge on best practices

limited, small

They will share a limited pool of money with other defendants.

growing, shrinking

a growing pool of data

a shrinking pool of assets

available

the available pool of really good people

common

They draw on funds from a common pool.

diverse

this nation's diverse talent pool

car, labour/labor, motor (esp. AmE), typing
applicant (AmE), recruiting (esp. AmE)

We need to increase our applicant pool.

talent

There's a great talent pool in the business community.

jury (AmE)
press (esp. AmE)

A member of the press pool shouted out a question to the president.

gene

They share a common gene pool.

VERB + POOL
build, create, form
broaden, expand, increase

Supporting a diverse work force broadens our pool of talent.

a method of expanding the pool of potential investors

PREPOSITION
pool of

a strong pool of talent in the company

a large pool of cheap labour/labor

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verb
Pool is used with these nouns as the object: ↑effort, ↑idea, ↑money, ↑resource, ↑skill

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