Main entry: pocket billiards, pool
Definition: any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
Main entry: pool
Definition: an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
Main entry: pool, syndicate, consortium
Definition: an association of companies for some definite purpose
Main entry: pool
Definition: an organization of people or resources that can be shared
Usage: a car pool; a secretarial pool; when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool
Definition: something resembling a pool of liquid
Usage: he stood in a pool of light; his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines
Definition: a small lake
Usage: the pond was too small for sailing
Definition: a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
Usage: there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain; the body lay in a pool of blood
Definition: the combined stakes of the betters
Main entry: pool
Definition: any communal combination of funds
Usage: everyone contributed to the pool
Main entry: pool
Definition: join or form a pool of people
Main entry: pool
Definition: combine into a common fund
Usage: We pooled resources