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▸ noun:  A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
▸ noun:  Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
▸ noun:  A supply of resources.
▸ noun:  (by extension, computing) A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
▸ noun:  A small amount of liquid on a surface.
▸ noun:  A localized glow of light.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, of a liquid) To form a pool.
▸ noun:  (games, uncountable) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game.
▸ noun:  (sports) A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour or solids, 7 of another color or stripes, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.
▸ noun:  In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
▸ noun:  (fencing) A group of fencers taking part in a competition.
▸ noun:  (rugby union) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.
▸ noun:  Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
▸ noun:  The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
▸ noun:  A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.
▸ noun:  A set of players in quadrille etc.
▸ noun:  (rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
▸ noun:  (law) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
▸ noun:  A village in Carn Brea parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6641).
▸ noun:  A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, also known as Pool in Wharfedale.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States.
▸ noun:  A department of the Republic of the Congo
▸ noun:  Ellipsis of swimming pool. [A pool of water used for swimming, usually one which has been artificially constructed.]
▸ noun:  Short for Pool-in-Wharfedale. [A village in Pool parish, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2445).]

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