• any of various games played on a Pool table having 6 pockets
• an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
• an association of companies for some definite purpose
• 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"
• something resembling a Pool of liquid; "he stood in a Pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
• a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing"
• 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"
• the combined stakes of the betters
• any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to the Pool"
• join or form a Pool of people
• combine into a common fund; "We Pooled resources"

'Pool' in other languages