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Definition: Pool |
PoolNoun1. An excavation that is (usually) filled with water. 2. A small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing". 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". 4. An association of companies for some definite purpose. 5. Any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to the pool". 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". 7. The combined stakes of the betters. 8. Something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines". 9. Any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets. Verb1. Combine into a common fund; "We pooled resources". 2. Add together, as of resources. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pool" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Computing | POOL Parallel Object-Oriented Language. A series of languages from Philips Research Labs. See POOL2, POOL-I, POOL-T. (1995-02-07). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Bible | Pool a pond, or reservoir, for holding water (Heb. berekhah; modern Arabic, birket), an artificial cistern or tank. Mention is made of the pool of Gibeon (2 Sam. 2:13); the pool of Hebron (4:12); the upper pool at Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17; 20:20); the pool of Samaria (1 Kings 22:38); the king's pool (Neh. 2:14); the pool of Siloah (Neh. 3:15; Eccles. 2:6); the fishpools of Heshbon (Cant. 7:4); the "lower pool," and the "old pool" (Isa. 22:9,11). The "pool of Bethesda" (John 5:2,4, 7) and the "pool of Siloam" (John 9:7, 11) are also mentioned. Isaiah (35:7) says, "The parched ground shall become a pool." This is rendered in the Revised Version "glowing sand," etc. (marg., "the mirage," etc.). The Arabs call the mirage "serab," plainly the same as the Hebrew word _sarab_, here rendered "parched ground." "The mirage shall become a pool", i.e., the mock-lake of the burning desert shall become a real lake, "the pledge of refreshment and joy." The "pools" spoken of in Isa. 14:23 are the marshes caused by the ruin of the canals of the Euphrates in the neighbourhood of Babylon. The cisterns or pools of the Holy City are for the most part excavations beneath the surface. Such are the vast cisterns in the temple hill that have recently been discovered by the engineers of the Palestine Exploration Fund. These underground caverns are about thirty-five in number, and are capable of storing about ten million gallons of water. They are connected with one another by passages and tunnels. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Finance | A large group of mortgages that back a mortgage security. (references) |
Geography | A small body of still or standing water, permanent or temporary; chiefly one of natural formation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Pool retting is a process in which the bundles of plants. . flax. . are submersed in stagnant water in --, --, or -- for 10 to 15 days. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | Group of insurance companies that have joined together for the purpose of sharing certain risks on an agreed-upon basis. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An agreement for co-operation, within a trade or industry, by enterprises or other organisations, by sharing, through a common fund, profits, markets, risks, etc. ; pools are combinations in the sense that the various companies agree in writing upon certain means or ends. In all other respects they are entirely independent. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Medicine | The combined interests or funds. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. To undercut or undermine material, such as coal, esp. in excavating b. A continuous area of porous sedimentary rock that yields petroleum orgas on drilling. (references) |
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Billiards is a game consisting of billiard balls, cues, and a particular table (usually slate covered in felt, twice as long as it is wide - e.g. 4'X8', 4.5'X9', 5'X10'. There are numerous games that have the different goals of winning (e.g. making a certain number of balls, or a certain ball). Games are played by hitting a "cue ball" into an object ball with the cue stick.
In 1865, John Wesley Hyatt patented a composition material resembling ivory for a billiard ball (US50359), winning $10,000 prize from Phelan and Collender of New York City for the best substitute for ivory. This was the first U.S. patent for billiard balls.
Some billiard games by type of table:
- French or Continental billiard table (no pockets)
- carambole billiard
- three cushion billiard
- straight rail
- English billiard table
- English billiards
- snooker
- golf
- pool table
- rotation or straight pool
- eight ball
- nine ball
- seven ball
- banks
- one pocket
- six pocket
- cowboy
- indian
- Russian billiard table (pockets are 74mm, balls are 68mm)
- Russian Pyramid
- Moscow Style
- bumper pool table
- bar billiards
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For the Dan Clowes' comic, see EightballEight ball is a billiards game played with a cue ball and 15 billiard balls on a pool table with 6 pockets. There are seven solid-colored balls numbered 1 through 7, a single black ball numbered 8, and seven striped balls numbered 9 through 15. The cue ball is solid white. Two persons or two teams play against each other. One plays the solid balls, the other the striped ones. They hit the cue ball in order to hit one of their balls and to sink one of their balls in a pocket of the table. If they succeed, or if at least one ball hits the side of the table, they may play again. If a player has sunk all his balls, he has to sink the black 8 in order to win the game. If he sinks the black 8 earlier, he loses.
Lines and points on the table
Imagine the pool table divided into two equal halves the long way by an imaginary line (called the "long string"). Also imagine two lines crossways to the long string one quarter of the way from each end. These are called the "head string" and "foot string". The intersection of the long and head strings is called the "head spot", and the intersection of the long and foot strings is called the "foot spot".
Start of the game
To start the game, the colored balls are placed in a triangle. The base of the triangle is parallel to the short end of the pool table, the ball in the tip of the triangle is placed on the head spot. The balls in the triangle are pressed into contact with the head ball, and remain in contact after the triangle is removed. The cue ball is placed anywhere the player to break desires in the "kitchen": the "kitchen" is the area between the foot string and its nearest short side (that is, the quarter of the table farthest from the rack).
Break
One person is chosen to shoot first ("break" the balls apart; note that this is a different definition of the word "break" than in other billiards games, notably snooker) by any number of methods: flip of a coin, loser of last game breaks, winner of last game breaks, "lag", etc. If the shooter who breaks fails to make a legal break (usually defined as at least four balls hitting cushions) then the opponent can either re-rack and break, or play from the current position.If the breaker pockets a ball, it is still his turn. Area of substantial disagreement in rules: say the breaker pockets the seven ball (a solid). Some people play that the breaker now has solids as his group. Others (including the BCA) say that the table is still "open" until someone legally pockets a ball.
Turns
The players now take turns. The turn is over if a player makes a fault or fails to pocket one of the object balls.
Faults
When one player commits a fault, the other player gets "ball in hand", that is, may place the cue ball. Area of substantial disagreement in rules: some (including the BCA) play that (after the break) the cueball may be placed anywhere, and shoot at anything. Others play that the person with ball in hand may only place the cue ball in the "kitchen", and must shoot out of the "kitchen" before hitting any ball (that is, they may not shoot at a ball inside the "kitchen" directly). However, if all their balls are inside the "kitchen", they can request that the one closest to the head string be placed on the head spot. Under BCA rules, if the cue ball is pocketed on the break, the cue ball must be placed in the "kitchen" and shot out.Other areas of substantial disagreement in rules:
- Whether (and how) jumping the cue ball is a fault
- Whether you lose if you:
- Shoot at the eight ball and miss
- Shoot at the eight ball, pocket the cue ball, but don't pocket the eight ball
- Whether the players have to announce ball and pocket
- Whether pocketing the eight ball on the break is a win (common rule in the US) or a loss (common rule in the UK and elsewhere)
Possible set of rules
Note: The rules for this game may be the most contested of any billiard game; MAKE SURE that you and your opponent agree on the rules before playing. Many people and leagues in the USA use the Billiard Congress of America (BCA) rules as their standard. The place where you are playing may also have their own house rules, though you should still consult your opponent on whether or not to play by them.One possible set of rules follows, but it doesn't exactly match the BCA rules:
Winning situation:
Losing situations:
- the player has legally pocketed the eight ball
Possible fault situations:
- the player plays the eight ball in a fault situation.
- the player pockets the eight ball while he still has object balls in his group on the table
- the player pockets the eight ball in the same shot as the last object ball in his group
- the player has jumped the eight ball off the table
A legal stroke is defined as:
- the player does not execute a legal stroke
- the player pockets the cue ball
- the player does not have at least one foot on the floor
- the player shoots the cue ball before all other balls have come to a complete stop
- the player hits the cue ball more than once during a shot
- the player touches the cue ball with something other than the tip of his cue
- the player touches any other ball
- the player hits the cue ball, then the cue ball hits one of the balls of that player's group of balls, then either the player pockets one of his own balls (not necessarily the one hit) or any ball hits a cushion.
Differences between UK and US
In the UK, plain unnumbered red balls and yellow balls often replace the solid and striped balls. The black ball, however, still bears a number eight. Another difference is that the UK table has pockets just larger than the balls, whereas the American table has pockets significantly larger.After a foul stroke in the UK, the offending player will miss his next turn - known as the "two shots" rule. A common exception to this is "one shot on the black", that is a player who has only the black left to pot does not get this advantage.
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Pool is any of several games similar to billiards, distinguished by using a table that has one pocket at each corner and one in the middle of each of the two longer sides. See Eight ball. A pool is a small body of water, often man-made. See swimming pool. A pool is a container for money to which many people contribute, and also a container for messages in an anonymous remailer.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pool."
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This is an article from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897. This article is written from a nineteenth century Christian viewpoint, and may not reflect modern opinions or recent discoveries in Biblical scholarship. Please help the Wikipedia by bringing this article up to date.Pool of Siloam - sent or sending. Here a notable miracle was wrought by our Lord in giving sight to the blind (John 9:7-11). It has been identified with the Birket Silwan in the lower Tyropoeon valley, to the south-east of the hill of Zion.
The water which flows into this pool intermittingly by a subterranean channel springs from the "Fountain of the Virgin" (q.v.). The length of this channel, which has several windings, is 1,750 feet, though the direct distance is only 1,100 feet. The pool is 53 feet in length from north to south, 18 feet wide, and 19 deep. The water passes from it by a channel cut in the rock into the gardens below. (See EN-Rogel .)
Many years ago (1880) a youth, while wading up the conduit by which the water enters the pool, accidentally discovered an inscription cut in the rock, on the eastern side, about 19 feet from the pool. This is the oldest extant Hebrew record of the kind. It has with great care been deciphered by scholars, and has been found to be an account of the manner in which the tunnel was constructed. Its whole length is said to be "twelve hundred cubits;" and the inscription further notes that the workmen, like the excavators of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, excavated from both ends, meeting in the middle.
Some have argued that the inscription was cut in the time of Solomon; others, with more probability, refer it to the reign of Hezekiah. A more ancient tunnel was discovered in 1889 some 20 feet below the ground. It is of smaller dimensions, but more direct in its course. It is to this tunnel that Isaiah (8:6) probably refers.
The Siloam inscription above referred to was surreptitiously cut from the wall of the tunnel in 1891 and broken into fragments. These were, however, recovered by the efforts of the British Consul at Jerusalem, and have been restored to their original place.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
- See also : Tower of Siloam
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A swimming pool is an artificially enclosed body of water intended for recreational or competitive swimming.
One can distinguish private and public ones; the private ones are usually outdoors; for the public ones we can distinguish those outdoors, those indoors, and complexes with both.
In some parts of the world, a swimming pool for private use is considered a status symbol. Swimming pools can be constructed either above ground (generally constructed from plastic and metal), or in the ground (usually concrete lined). Swimming pools generally contain water to which much chlorine has been added to prevent the growth of bacteria and algae. The alternative to chlorination is to have a salt water pool.
The correct management of a backyard swimming pool is a difficult and time-consuming task. The chemical balance of the water has to be carefully monitored to make sure that it does not become fouled with algae, or grow too much bacteria. Either of these will make the water smell and look unpleasant, and can be a serious health hazard. The water must also be kept clear of debris such as fallen leaves and sticks, as these encourage fouling, and they become very slippery and dangerous as they start to decompose. Most people keep their pool either covered over or drained entirely during the months of the year in which it is not in use, as this is the easiest way to keep it sanitary. Public and competitive swimming pools are generally indoor pools - covered with a roof, and heated - to enable their use all year round.
Public pools are often found as part of a larger leisure centre or recreational complex. These centres often have more than one pool - for example an indoor heated pool, an outdoor saltwater or unheated chlorinated pool, a shallower 'children's pool', and a paddling pool for toddlers and infants. There may also be a sauna area.
Many public swimming pools are rectangles either 25m or 50m long, but a backyard pool can be any size and shape desired. There are also very elaborate pools, with artificial waterfalls, varying depths of water, bridges, and island bars; they may belong to a hotel or holiday resort.
Swimming pools designed for competitions are required to be a certain length and depth to guarantee that a 200m race will always be 200m long. Many public swimming pools are 50m long and 25m wide which is a requirement for Olympic and World Championship swimming. Professional pools also require a minimum depth of 2m, which is less common in general public pools and there are also regulations about other characteristics such as temperature, guttering and lighting as defined by FINA. Public are generally indoor pools - covered with a roof, and heated - to enable their use all year round. Competition pools have to be indoors to comply with the regulations regarding temperature, lighting and to protect the needed Automatic Officiating Equipment.
An 'Olympic Swimming Pool' is 50 metres in length ("long-course"), but recently "short-course" swimming events held in a 25 metre pool have become popular (if not held at the Olympics). There also exist many pools 33 1/3 metres in length, so that 3 lengths = 100 metres. This is sometimes jokingly referred to as "inter-course". In general, the shorter the pool, the faster the time for the same distance, since the swimmer gains speed from pushing off the wall after each turn at the end of the pool.
In the US and UK pools measured in yards are still common. US yards pools tend to be fractions of 100 yards (25 or 50), whereas UK pools are more likely to be based on 110 yards. However, the international standard is metres, and world records are only recognised when swum in 50-metre pools.
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
POOL | English | Parallel Object Orientated Language | Computer - (DOOM, OOP) |
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Synonyms: PoolSynonyms: consortium (n), kitty (n), pocket billiards (n), pond (n), puddle (n), syndicate (n), combine (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquisition | Sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool; pot; wealth. |
Amusement | Billiards, pool, pingpong, pyramids, bagatelle; bowls, skittles, ninepins, kain, American bowls; tenpins, tivoli. |
Cooperation | Conduce; combine, unite one;s efforts; keep together, draw together, pull together, club together, hand together, hold together, league together, band together, be banded together; pool; stand shoulder to shoulder, put shoulder to shoulder; act in concert, join forces, fraternize, cling to one another, conspire, concert, lay one;s heads together; confederate, be in league with; collude, understand one another, play into the hands of, hunt in couples. |
Gulf Lake | Lake, loch, lough, mere, tarn, plash, broad, pond, pool, lin, puddle, slab, well, artesian well; standing water, dead water, sheet of water; fish pond, mill pond; ditch, dike, dyke, dam; reservoir. (store); alberca, barachois, hog wallow. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Well, this is where you came in, back at that pool again, the one I always wanted (Sunset Blvd.; writing credit: Charles Brackett) Swimming in pool is nice and cool, so juicy sweet (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) Bridget works in a publishing house and she used to play around naked in my paddling pool. (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding) Why, it's a deep, deep pool. Maybe it's your old swimming hole, General (Wild Wild West; writing credit: Jim Thomas; John Thomas) Embolism in a pool, what an embarrassing way to die. (Clerks.; writing credit: Kevin Smith) | |
Lyrics | Steal a car and go to Las Vegas oh, the gigolo pool. (EYES WITHOUT A FACE; performing artist: Billy Idol) Just because you graduate from school so high in the gene pool, that's your point of view (Leaving Town; performing artist: Dexter Freebish) Drove it through somebody's yard, dove into they swimmin pool (Murder Murder (Remix) *; performing artist: Eminem) I never thought so much could happen just shooting pool. (I Can't Dance; performing artist: Genesis) You can dip your foot in the pool but you can't have a swim (NO ONE IS TO BLAME; performing artist: Howard Jones) | |
Clever | You! Out Of The Gene Pool! (references; author: unknown) The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard. (references; author: unknown) What has four legs, is big, green, fuzzy, and if it fell out of a tree would kill you? A pool table. (references; author: unknown) I managed to get a good job working for a pool maintenance company, but the work was just too draining. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Dirty Pool (1970) Pool Party (1962) The Penny Pool (1937) Penguin Pool Murder (1932) Ko-Ko Plays Pool (1927) | |
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 | A 10 year-old white girl is pictured here with her father in a swimming pool. She was diagnosed at age three with a form of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) that did not respond to therapy. She is presently in long-term remission after an experimental bone marrow transplant was performed. She now suffers from chronic GVH (Graft Versus Host Disease) which is rare. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Pictured here is a large group of adults and children sitting around a swimming pool. They are members of a national group called the Candlelighters, which gives emotional support and practical advice to parents, patients and siblings of cancer victims. This group is in Las Vegas, Nevada and is one of more than 100 nationwide. The Candlelighters headquarters is in Washington, DC. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | Boy diving into swimming pool. Exercise, recreation. Credit: CDC. |  | The Washington Monument reflected in the Reflecting Pool as seen from the Lincoln Memorial. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | An existing naturally occurring high-marsh tide pool at Barren Island. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | A high-marsh tide pool at Barren Island. A mute swan is in the background. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Stable on the pool bottom, a bell bobs when hanging from a pitching ship. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Edge of a brine pool, a super salty pond, populated by mussels at 800 meters. Bathymodiolus. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Results of the METEOR expedition. This simple diagram, showing a cold pool on the west side of the Atlantic with different salinity, established the continuity of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a step on the road to formulating the theory of seafloor spreading. Library Call Number C/La S755. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | A bottom temperature map published in "Three Cruises of the Blake", Alexander Agassiz, 1888. p. 218. The majority of these temperatures were obtained by the CHALLENGER Expedition. The cold pool in the southwest Atlantic Ocean is indicative of no communication between the southwest and southeast Atlantic basins as the result of an obstruction - the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Kiddie pool 1" by Suzanne Powell Commentary: "Kids playing in the pool. ." | "Pool" by Toño Pérez Commentary: "Pool." |
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 | A billiard ball being struck with a pool cue and entering the corner pocket. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Ovid | Always have your hook baited, in the pool you least think, there will be a fish. |
| Let your hook always be cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish. | |
| Chance is always powerful. -- Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | THE POOL OF TEARS |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Here and there she came to a full stop, and peeped curiously into a pool, left by the retiring tide as a mirror for Pearl to see her face in. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This indifferent play on words had the effect of a stone thrown into a pool. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The scraping was done now, and only a few drops of blood continued to fall from the carcasses into the black pool on the ground |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | How much fairer than the pool before the farmers door, in which his ducks swim |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Avoid swallowing lake or pool water while swimming. (references) | |
No, as long as your pool is properly cleaned and chlorinated. (references) | ||
Radioactive substances emit gamma rays all the time. When not in use, the radioactive "source" is stored down in a pool of water which absorbs the radiation harmlessly and completely. (references) | ||
Business | In 1999 21 brokers were registered in Nord Pool, the Nordic power exchange. (references) | |
The British market offers foreign franchisers a ready pool of potential franchisees. (references) | ||
Nord Pool determines the spot price in the physical market for Norway, Sweden and Finland. (references) | ||
Children | Turkey | Companies who employ more than 50 employees are required to hire persons with disabilities as 2 percent of their employee pool, although there is no penalty for failure to comply. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Russia | Journalists at Kommersant and Argumenty i fakty, two credible newspapers with fairly independent editorial stances, reported that criticizing the Kremlin had resulted in their being barred from the Kremlin pool, a limited group of journalists accredited by the Presidential press service for events in the Kremlin. (references) |
Russia | The newspapers' exclusion from the pool affected their ability to report significant events and compete with media outlets loyal to the Kremlin. (references) | |
Economic History | Japan | American companies should also understand that many large trading companies have a large "ready-made" pool of existing customer relationships. (references) |
Costa Rica | The Costa Rican government has encouraged companies to move to Costa Rica by promoting the nation's more educated and technologically advanced labor pool. (references) | |
Eritrea | Political stability, a strategic location, a productive, inexpensive labor pool, and minimal corruption contribute to Eritrea's attractiveness to both private investors and multilateral lenders. (references) | |
Human Rights | Congo | Security problems in the north along the Ubangui River, Kindamba region in the Pool area, parts of Bouenza, and in the upper Niari River system, prevented U.N. and other humanitarian agencies from assessing conditions in these areas during much of 2000. However, the U.N. and humanitarian agencies were able to access virtually all of the country, and, despite the continuing security problems in Vinza, in the DRC's Equateur province, and in Bangui, CAR, which sometimes restricted access north of Impfondo along the Ubangui River, assessments were conducted in these areas during the year. (references) |
Peru | This measure opened the ranks of the judicial system to a larger pool of candidates and allowed the CNM to fill vacancies. (references) | |
Minorities | Yugoslavia | For example, in Sabac, in western Serbia, Roma were barred from using a municipal swimming pool that is owned by the president of the local branch of the Serbian Radical Party. (references) |
Political Economy | Congo | Renewed civil conflict broke out in August 1998 and continued throughout the south until the end of 1999 between forces supporting Sassou, which included Angolan allies, Rwandan Hutu militiamen, and irregular fighters of Chadian and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) nationality, and southern rebel groups supporting Lissouba, which included Cocoye militiamen operating in the Bouenza, Niari, and Lekoumou regions, and Ninja and Nsiloulou militiamen operating principally in southern Pool region. (references) |
CHINA | Reform of the financial system will help allocate more efficiently China's huge pool of domestic savings and fund creation of pension, unemployment, and health care systems. (references) | |
NIGERIA | Nigeria potentially could offer investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and the largest domestic market in sub-Saharan Africa. (references) | |
Trade | Botswana | SACU acts as a pool for customs duties paid on imports into the SACU countries, and has been the subject of controversy for many years. (references) |
Australia | Like other prosperous countries, Australia has a large pool of private funding available for debt financing of projects. (references) | |
Pakistan | The concept is that the "manager" and the subscribers to the modaraba's certificates pool their respective resources of skill and capital in profitable partnership. (references) | |
Travel | Albania | Albania has a large pool of well-trained and talented linguists who can serve as translators/interpreters. (references) |
Chad | Douguia: Located about 45 minutes north of N'Djamena towards Karal and Lake Chad, this resort offers a large swimming pool, restaurant, and comfortable overnight facilities in an attractive setting on the banks of the Chari River. (references) | |
Nicaragua | The reform also modified the minimum evaluation criteria for classifying investors (operating experience, amount billed monthly, minimum number of fixed subscribers, minimum amount of equity, etc.) in an attempt to widen the pool of bidders. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Bhutan | The country lacks a large pool of ready labor; for major projects, such as road works, the Government brings in hired laborers from India. (references) |
Lesotho | This situation was made possible by the high levels of unemployment and underemployment, which provide a large pool of surplus unskilled labor that bid down wage rates and threatened job security for workers who made demands for better wages and conditions of work. (references) | |
Sri Lanka | A 1995 labor survey of the plantations indicated that half of all children in plantations drop out of school after the fourth grade, leaving a large pool of children between the ages of 10 and 15 available to pursue employment. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | We invite other countries to pool their technological resources in this undertaking. |
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| "Pool" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.58% of the time. "Pool" is used about 4,461 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.58% | 4,353 | 2,255 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.81% | 81 | 36,835 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.34% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.27% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,461 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "pool" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Pool | Last name | 6,000 | 1,990 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "pool". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Lydda | N/A | Biblical | A standing pool |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Canada | Manitoba Pool Elevators | Japan | Nippon Pallet Pool Co., Ltd. |
| USA | Pool Energy Services Co. | ||
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Pool, WV |
Expressions using "pool": Biddeford Pool ♦ big Pool ♦ car pool ♦ commodity pool operator ♦ deed pool ♦ do the pool ♦ dryer and separator storage pool ♦ football pool ♦ fuel storage pool cooling system ♦ gene pool ♦ indoor swimming pool ♦ indoor swimmming pool ♦ labor pool ♦ large pool ♦ lava pool ♦ molten pool ♦ moon pool ♦ motor pool ♦ muddy pool ♦ natural gas pool ♦ numbers pool ♦ padding pool ♦ paddling pool ♦ pin pool ♦ Platelet Storage Pool Deficiency ♦ play pool ♦ play the pool ♦ plunge pool ♦ plunge pool action ♦ pool attendant ♦ pool ball ♦ pool billiard table ♦ pool cue ♦ pool of blood ♦ pool player ♦ pool schemes ♦ pool snipe ♦ pool stick ♦ pool table ♦ public opinion pool ♦ reporter pool ♦ rimstone pool ♦ Saskatchewan Wheat Pool ♦ sea pool ♦ serum pool ♦ snooker pool ♦ stenographic pool ♦ stilling pool ♦ swimming pool ♦ swimming pool filter ♦ targeted currency pool ♦ tidal pool ♦ tide pool ♦ typewriting pool ♦ typing pool ♦ van pool ♦ wading pool ♦ weld pool. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "pool": pool-based, pool-cleaning, pool-edge, POOL-I, Pool-jones, pool-liner, pool-liners, pool-owner, pool-owners, pool-playing, pool-room, pool-rooms, pool-shark, pool-side, pool-strewn, pool-surround, POOL-T, pool-table. | |
Ending with "pool": swimming-pool. | |
Containing "pool": car-pool lane, Gated Blood-Pool Imaging. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
pool | 54,772 | pool deck | 1,155 |
swimming pool | 19,308 | game pool yahoo | 1,118 |
yahoo pool | 7,766 | back door pool yahoo | 1,066 |
pool table | 5,763 | swimming pool liner | 1,066 |
above ground pool | 5,737 | drowning pool | 1,026 |
pool supply | 4,304 | easy set pool | 1,022 |
pool party | 3,224 | pool cue | 965 |
pool game | 2,839 | swimming pool design | 906 |
above ground swimming pool | 2,772 | pool pump | 892 |
pool toy | 2,285 | pool chemical | 874 |
swimming pool supply | 1,948 | play pool | 855 |
inground pool | 1,918 | pool spa | 840 |
pool heater | 1,907 | pool cover | 834 |
pool liner | 1,760 | pool cleaner | 784 |
fiberglass pool | 1,651 | doughboy pool | 780 |
intex pool | 1,521 | inflatable pool | 752 |
swimming pool accessory | 1,414 | online pool | 732 |
swimming pool toy | 1,411 | fiberglass swimming pool | 732 |
pool filter | 1,366 | pool accessory | 723 |
inground swimming pool | 1,195 | swimming pool heater | 692 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "pool"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | aansluit (accede, associate, come together, join), swembad (swimming-bath, swimming-pool). (various references) | |
Albanian | pishinë (Lido, swimming pool, tank), pellg (cesspool, dam, lake, mere, mill-dam, pond, puddle, sump), vaskë (bath, bathtub, John, tank, tub, vat), tokë (coat, continent, country, deck, dirt, domain, earth, Glebe, ground, holding, land, marl, shore, soil, stead, Terra, terrain), rezervë (backup, cartridge, deposit, distance, emergency, fountain, fund, garment, hoard, leeway, margin, munition, offishness, ordinary, reservation, reserve, resource, spare, stand by, stock, stockpile, store, supply), mbledh (accumulate, add, add together, assemble, bank, brush up, call in, call together, cast, cast up, clench, collate, collect, compile, compress, congregate, convene, convoke, draw, dredge, drum up, focus, fold, fund, furl, gather, get together, group, herd, impound, kilt, levy, lift, make up, pack, pick, pick off, pick up, rally, reap, round up, scoop up, shut, sweep, take, total, totalize), lloto, grumbulloj (accumulate, amalgamate, amass, assemble, clamp, collect, compile, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, get together, heap, hoard, mass, pile, rally, stack, unite), formoj ekip, bilardo, bashkoj (add together, ally, amalgamate, band together, close up, combine, compound, conglomerate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consolidate, couple, fuse, fuze, glue, hook up, inosculate, integrate, interlock, join, joint, knit, link, merge, piece, piece together, solder, splice, unify, unite, weld), arkë e përbashkët, aderoj (adhere, associate, come together, enter, go in, join, perform). (various references) | |
Arabic | وحد (combine, confederate, conjugate, consolidate, graft, integrate, knit, marry, unify, unite), حوض منتج للنفط أو الغاز, حوض السفن (dock), حوض السباحة (piscina), تجمع مياه, تجمع (aggregation, assemblage, assemble, collect, concentrate, concourse, congregation, converge, convergence, flock, gather, gathering, get together, group, grouping, huddle, league, mass, muster, organization, pile up, press, rally, reassemble), عمولة المقامرة, صندوق مشترك (kitty), جمع (accumulate, add, addition, aggregate, ally, amass, assemblage, assemble, band, be gathered, cast, collect, collecting, collection, combination, combine, compile, compose, congregate, connecting, corral, embody, fund, gather, gathering, glean, go berrying, grouping, herd, ingathering, joining up, lump, marshal, muster, pickup, piece together, pile, pile up, put together, raise, rake, rally, reap, round up, scratch, scratch together, stack, sum, sum up, summation, summing up, tot, total, totalize, unite, uniting), إتحاد شركات, أسهم (contribute, give a share in, interest, participate, share in, stocks), بوابة لعبة بليارد, بركة صغيرة, بركة السباحة. (various references) | |
Asturian | piscina (swimming pool). (various references) | |
Basque | igertoki (swimming pool). (various references) | |
Bemba | umwakowela (swimming pool). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съд за залаганията, сдружаване на комарджии, сдружавам се (associate, coalesce), тръст (combine, trust), вир, вид билярд за няколко души, образувам тръст (trustify), образувам пул, общ запас, обединявам в общ фонд, залагания (pot), локва (hag, plash, puddle, slop), блато (backwater, bog, hag, mere, mire, morass, muskeg, pan, swamp, water hole), билярд (billiards, pills), плувен басейн (piscine, swimming pool). (various references) | |
Cebuano | langoyanan (swimming pool). (various references) | |
Chinese | 水池 (pond). (various references) | |
Czech | podminovat (mine, undermine), plavecký bazén, zájmová skupina (in-group), vložit do spoleèného fondu, tùò, louže (eschar, plash, puddle, splash), kuleèníková hra (pills), karetní bank, kaluž (puddle, splash), bazén (basin, swimming pool). (various references) | |
Danish | pulje-aftale, pulje (pooling arrangement), pool-ordning (pooling arrangement), pool (pooling arrangement), sammenslutning (association, coalition, concentration, concentrative operation, interconnection), overtagelseskonsortium (firm underwriting syndicate, purchase syndicate, underwriting group, underwriting syndicate), maskinpark, lagerenhed (data store, memory, storage, storage device, store), lager (box-room, depository, storage room, warehouse), kvota-aftale, konsortium til fast overtagelse (firm underwriting syndicate, purchase syndicate, underwriting group, underwriting syndicate), hukommelse (memory, recollection), glasmasse til raadighed for stoebningen, fastovertagelseskonsortium (firm underwriting syndicate, purchase syndicate, underwriting group, underwriting syndicate), datalager (data store, memory, storage, storage device, store). (various references) | |
Dutch | zich aaneensluiten (associate, come together, join), aansluiten (associate, bind, come together, connect, connect up, correspond, join, plug in, tie, tie up). (various references) | |
Esperanto | unuiĝi (associate, join), kuniĝi (associate, come together, join). (various references) | |
Faeroese | sameinast (associate, come together, join), hylur (basin, reservoir). (various references) | |
Farsi | چاله اب , کولاب , حوض , سرمایه گذاری مشترک ومساوی کردن , عده کارمنداماده برای انجام امری , استخر (Lake, Stank, Swag), ابگیر (Basin, Sluice), اءتلاف چندشرکت بایک دیگر, اءتلاف کردن , شریک شدن (Partake, Participate), دسته زبده وکارازموده , باهم اتحادکردن , برکه (Lake). (various references) | |
Finnish | pooli (pole, pool schemes, pooling arrangement), valuun virtaava lasimassa, rengastuma (ring), liittyä (accede, associate, attach oneself to, become a member of, come together, enter, join), lammikko (pond), lätäkkö (puddle), kimppakyytiläiset, allikko (puddle), allas (basin, trough). (various references) | |
French | piscine (swimming pool), mare (pond, pools), mettre en commun, groupement, cagnotte (pot). (various references) | |
Frisian | oanslute (associate, come together, correspond, join). (various references) | |
German | Teich (hamlet, pond), tümpel (pond), Pool (pooling arrangement), lache (laugh, laughter, puddle), Fahrgemeinschaft, Datenbasis (database). (various references) | |
Greek | κοινοπραξία (combine, joint venture), πισίνα (swimming pool), λιμνούλα (pond, puddle). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | aderoj (associate, come together, enter, go in, join, perform). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מקוה מים (cistern, reservoir), להפקיד בקרן משותפת, שלולית (pond, puddle), קופה משותפת (kitty), אשבורן (plateau, pond), אגם (lake, pond, reservoir). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tócsa (plash, puddle, Pule, slop, sump), tó (lake, loch, lough, mere, stank), pocsolya (dub, mere, mire, pond, puddle, slop, slough, stank, sump, wallow). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kolam (pond). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | puijuraaqvik (swimming pool). (various references) | |
Italian | unirsi (associate, band, coalesce, combine, come together, congregate, interlock, join, knit, unite), pool (pooling arrangement), piscina (pools, swimming pool, swimming-pool), parco (frugal, moderate, Park, parking area, parkland, sober). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 瀞 , 水溜まり (puddle), 合弁 (joint management). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ごうべん (joint management), みずたまり (a pool, a puddle, pool of water, puddle), とろ (express one's mind, speak out). (various references) | |
Korean | 시설 (Facilities, Facility). (various references) | |
Macedonian | plivachki tim (swimming pool). (various references) | |
Manx | poyll faarkee (baths, public baths, swimming pool), lhingey (backwater, football pool, pond, river-pool), dubbey (dub, pond, puddle), cur ayns cochishtey, co-rheynn (participate, quotient, ration, rationalize, subscription). (various references) | |
Norwegian | svømmeplass (swimming-bath, swimming-pool), svømmebad (swimming-bath, swimming-pool). (various references) | |
Occitan | pesquièr (pond), estanh (mere, pond). (various references) | |
Papiamen | pul (swimming-bath, swimming-pool), zuèmpul (swimming-bath, swimming-pool), djòin (associate, come together, join). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oolpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | piscina (piscina, piscine, pond, swimming pool, swimming-bath, tank). (various references) | |
Provencal | piscina (swimming pool). (various references) | |
Romanian | puţ de cercetare, pronosport (perm, sweepstakes), zãcãmânt (deposit, layer), unifica (amalgamate, consolidate, piece, unify, unite), totalizator (sweepstakes, totalizator, totalizer), mizã (kitty, punt, stake), iaz (dam, lake, piece of water), groapã (cavity, cell, grave, hollow, pit, pitfall, pot hole, socket), fond comun, face schimb (barter, exchange), biliard american, baltã (bog, Fen, lake, mere, moor, morass, plash, puddle, slop, Slough, swamp), bãltoacã (pan, puddle, Slough), împãrţi în comun. (various references) | |
Romansch | lai (lake). (various references) | |
Russian | омут, общий фонд, нефтяная залежь, бьеф (reach), бассейндляплавания, бассейн (basin, bay, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage basin, pond, reservoir, swimming pool), ба (battery, priest, ram, tin, vessel), пул. (various references) | |
Samoan | vai taele (swimming pool). (various references) | |
Scottish | poll (a pool, mire, mud, puddle), lub (dub, puddle), linne (a pool, arm of the sea, gulf, linn, pond), lòn (food, lawn, marsh, meadow, morass, provision). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zajednički poduhvat, vrsta klađenja (policy, pools), ukupan ulog (pot), ujediniti (consolidate, rally, unify, unionize, unite), udružiti (affiliate, associate, join, unite), trust (trust), rezervni (alternate, reserve, spare, standby, variant), lokva (plash, puddle), kartel (cartel, kartell, trust), bilijar (billiard, billiards, cue), bazen (basin, piscine), bara (plash, puddle, swamp). (various references) | |
Spanish | piscina (baths, Lido, natatorium, piscina, plunge, swimming bath, swimming pool, swimming-bath, swimming-pool), charco (patch, puddle), unirse (amalgamate, associate, band together, co operate, combine, come together, confederate, interlock, join, join together, link up, lock on, merge, piece, tie, unite), juntarse (associate, band together, be assembled, coalesce, come together, draw together, fall in, gather, gather together, join, tie, unite), charca (pond, pools). (various references) | |
Swedish | bassäng (basin, reservoir, swimming-bath, swimming-pool), tjärn (tarn, woodland, woodland lake), pöl (bolster, puddle, slop), göl (mere), damm (dam, dike, dust, dyke, embankment, pond, pond with water, powder, weir). (various references) | |
Turkish | pot (atrocity, bloomer, blunder, Boner, break, clanger, contretemps, crease, faux pas, gaff, jackpot, kitty, pot, stake), petrol rezervi, para koymak (ante, ante up, invest money, put, put money), kârı paylaşmak (cut the melon), bilardo (billiard, billiards), birleştirmek (aggregate, ally, amalgamate, assemble, associate, colligate, combine, compound, confederate, congregate, conjoin, connect, consolidate, consubstantiate, couple, dovetail, federate, fuze, incorporate, inosculate, integrate, interconnect, interlink, join, joint, knit together, knit up, link up, match, mediatize, patch up, piece, piece together, put to, put together, reunite, stick together, tack, tag, unify, unite, wed to), birlik (alliance, body, brotherhood, coalescence, collaboration, combination, combine, communion, company, confederacy, confederation, conference, contingent, corps, ensemble, establishment, fellowship, force, fraternity, gild, guild, league, legion, oneness, outfit, posse, solidarity, troop, unanimity, union, unit, unity), fon (background, fund, ground color, ground colour, groundwork, phon, reserve), fon oluşturmak, gölcük (lagoon, Linn, pond, puddle, small lake), bírlexmek (associate, join), havuz (basin, piscina, piscine, pond), tröst kurmak, kartel (cartel, combination, combine, ring, syndicate, water barrel), ortaya konan para (kitty, pot, stake), tröst (ring, trust), gölet (pond, puddle, Slough). (various references) | |
Turkmen | howuz (pond), зalpaw (puddle). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ставочок, спільний фонд, ковбаня (water hole), калюжа (dub, plash, puddle, slop, wallow, wash), об'єднуватися у пул, об'єднувати у спільний фонд, нафтова площа, бюро (bureau, office, writing desk), басейн (basin, baths, drainage basin, pond, reservoir, swimming pool), пулька, пул. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vũng ao, tiền góp đánh cá vốn chung, tiền góp. (various references) | |
Welsh | pwll (pit, pond), llyn (drink, lake, loch, pond). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | pu. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | baptisterium, coire, lacunas, lacus, piscina, piscinae, piscinam, piscinas, stagna, stagni, stagnis, stagno, stagnum. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | hringmere, mere. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | guazzo. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | poule. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | poule. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 5, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Estin de en toiV ierosolumoiV epi th probatikh kolumbhqra h epilegomenh ebraisti bhqesda pente stoaV ecousa |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Est autem Hierosolymis super Probatica piscina quae cognominatur hebraice Bethsaida quinque porticus habens |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | On ierusalem ys an mere; syo is ge-nemned on hebreisc bethsaida. Se mere hæfð fif portices. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And in Jerusalem is a waissynge place, that in Ebrew is named Bethsaida, and hath fyue porchis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And ther is at Ierusalem by ye slaughterhousse a pole called in ye Ebrue toge Bethseda havinge five porches |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue, Bethesda, having five porches. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Now in Jerusalem near the sheep-market there is a public bath which in Hebrew is named Beth-zatha. It has five doorways. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | John Chapter 5, Verse 2 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa Jerusalem, duol sa pultahan sa mga karnero, anaay tuburan nga sa Hebreohanon ginatawag ug Betsata, nga may lima ka portico. |
| Croatian | U Jeruzalemu se kod Ovèjih vrata nalazi kupalište koje se hebrejski zove Bethzatha, a ima pet trijemova. |
| Danish | Men der er i Jerusalem ved Fåreporten en Dam, som på Hebraisk kaldes Bethesda, og den har fem Søjlegange. |
| Dutch | En er is te Jeruzalem aan de Schaaps poort, een badwater, hetwelk in het Hebreeuws toegenaamd wordt Bethesda, hebbende vijf zalen. |
| Finnish | Ja Jerusalemissa on Lammasportin luona lammikko, jonka nimi hebreankielellä on Betesda, ja sen reunalla on viisi pylväskäytävää. |
| French | Or, à Jérusalem, près de la porte des brebis, il y a une piscine qui s`appelle en hébreu Béthesda, et qui a cinq portiques. |
| German | Es ist aber zu Jerusalem bei dem Schaftor ein Teich, der heißt auf hebräisch Bethesda und hat fünf Hallen, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di Yerusalem dekat "Pintu Domba" ada sebuah kolam, yang dalam bahasa Ibrani dinamakan Betesda. Di situ ada lima serambi. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka di Yeruzalem dekat "Pintu domba" adalah suatu kolam, menurut bahasa Ibrani dinamai Baitesda; maka padanya ada lima serambi. |
| Italian | V'è a Gerusalemme, presso la porta delle Pecore, una piscina, chiamata in ebraico Betseda, con cinque portici, |
| Latvian | Bet Jeruzalemç bija ar piecâm pajumtçm Avju dîíis, kas ebrejiski saucas Betsata. |
| Maori | Na kei Hiruharama tetahi wai kaukauranga kei te tatau hipi, tona ingoa Hiperu ko Petehera; e rima ona whakamahau. |
| Norwegian | Men det er ved Fåreporten i Jerusalem en dam som på hebraisk heter Betesda og har fem bueganger; |
| Rumanian | Kn Ierusalim, lkngq Poarta Oilor, este o scqldqtoare, numitq kn evreiewte Betesda, care are cinci pridvoare. |
| Swahili | Huko Yerusalemu, karibu na mlango uitwao Mlango wa Kondoo, kulikuwa na bwawa la maji liitwalo kwa Kiebrania Bethzatha, ambalo lilikuwa na baraza tano zenye matao. |
| Swedish | Vid Fårporten i Jerusalem ligger en damm, på hebreiska kallad Betesda, och invid den finnas fem pelargångar. |
| Uma | Hi Yerusalem, mohu' hi wobo' wala to rahanga' Wobo' Bima, ria wuhu', hi rala basa Yahudi hanga' -na Betesda. Ntololikia wuhu' toe, ria lima meha' pengkawinaraa. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pool": pooled, poolhall, poolhalls, pooling, poolroom, poolrooms, pools, poolside, poolsides. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "pool": carpool, cesspool, sesspool, spool, vanpool, whirlpool. (additional references) | |
Words containing "pool": carpooled, carpooler, carpoolers, carpooling, carpools, cesspools, sesspools, spooled, spooling, spoolings, spools, vanpooling, vanpoolings, vanpools, whirlpools. (additional references) | |
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"Pool" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apolo, ipol, jool, kool, ool, oooold, opo, opole, Pavol, peooow, Phol, Pholo, phool, picol, piol, ploo, poal, Pobl, pobo, pobol, Pocol, podl, podo, Poehl, poel, Poell, poelo, pohl, poho, Poil, pojo, Poloc, polop, polox, poo, poob, pooc, poog, pooj, pook, poole, Poom, Pooof, pooq, poot, pooz, Popoloff, Posl, posol, Potok, poui, povo, proal, Procol, proil, prol, prool, Proulx, pubol, Pujol, pul, pulv, puoh, puoi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pool" (pronounced puw"l) |
| 3 | p uw" l | spool. |
| 2 | -uw" l | Boule, Buhl, cool, drool, fool, stool, supercool, joule, misrule, mule, preschool, retool, rule, school, tool, uncool, Yule. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: loop, polo. | |
| Words within the letters "l-o-o-p" | |
-1 letter: loo, lop, pol. | |
-2 letters: lo, op. | |
| Words containing the letters "l-o-o-p" | |
+1 letter: bloop, loops, loopy, orlop, polio, polos, pools, sloop, spool. | |
+2 letters: apollo, apolog, bloops, collop, coplot, dollop, hoopla, lollop, lookup, looped, looper, orlops, podsol, podzol, polios, pomelo, poodle, pooled, poorly, prolog, saloop, sloops, spools. | |
+3 letters: apollos, apologs, apology, blooped, blooper, carpool, collops, complot, copilot, coplots, cowflop, cowplop, dollops, duopoly, fowlpox, hooplas, lampoon, lollops, lookups, loopers, loopier, looping, lycopod, outplod, outplot, outpoll, palooka, piccolo, platoon, pleopod, plosion, plowboy, plywood, podsols, podzols, polaron, pollock, poloist, polycot, polygon, polyoma, polypod, pomelos, poodles, pooling, potboil, pothole, precool, prologs, prolong, rollmop, rolltop, saloops, scollop, spooled, topsoil, trollop, vanpool, whoopla. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Frequency 16. Names: Derived from | 17. Names: Company Usage 18. Cities 19. Expressions 20. Expressions: Internet | 21. Translations: Modern 22. Translations: Ancient 23. Bible Trace 24. Abbreviations | 25. Acronyms 26. Derivations 27. Rhymes 28. Anagrams | 29. Bibliography |
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