Antonyms for pool


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : pool
Phonetic Transcription : pul


Definition of pool

Origin :
  • "small body of water," Old English pol "small body of water; deep, still place in a river," from West Germanic *pol- (cf. Old Frisian and Middle Low German pol, Dutch poel, Old High German pfuol, German Pfuhl). As a short form of swimming pool it is recorded from 1901. Pool party is from 1965.
  • noun collection of liquid
  • noun supply of money, goods
  • verb combine
Example sentences :
  • And the wild ducklings are out on the pool, and the woods are full of song.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Reached the pool found by me on the 24th; distance seventeen miles.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • He sounded that pool with a long branch and found no bottom.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Many forts are built at some distance from any pool or spring.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • The pool that we saw that night has swelled into a lake,—English blood and American,—no!
  • Extract from : « Old News » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Thus they might pool their living expenses to the economical advantage of each.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • He shook his fingers impatiently so that the last drops hurried to the pool.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Then he looked about for some sign of her, some footprint by the pool.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
  • I wouldn't go down by the stream, Barbara—not to the pool where the alder is.
  • Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie
  • They have been down all the morning at the pool where the alder is, trying to catch that bull-trout.'
  • Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie

Synonyms for pool

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