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Noun pool has 9 senses
- pool - an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
--1 is a kind of excavation, hole in the ground
--1 has particulars:
- pond, pool - a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing"
--2 is a kind of lake
--2 has particulars:
- 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"
--3 is a kind of organization, organisation
--3 has particulars: typing pool
- consortium, pool, syndicate - an association of companies for some definite purpose
--4 is a kind of association
--4 has particulars: trust, corporate trust, combine, cartel
- pool - any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to the pool"
--5 is a kind of reserve account, reserve fund
--5 has parts: stake, stakes, bet, wager
- pool, puddle - 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"
--6 is a kind of body of water, water
--6 has particulars: billabong; mud puddle
- pool, kitty - the combined stakes of the betters
--7 is a kind of stake, stakes, bet, wager
- pool, puddle - something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
--8 is a kind of topographic point, place, spot
- pool, pocket billiards - any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
--9 is a kind of table game
--9 has parts:
--9 has particulars: snooker
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