pool-n; 8 Senses

Sense Number 1: an enclosed structure holding (chlorinated) water, used for swimming

Commentary: POOL[+body][+water][+enclosed][+chlorinated][+/-indoors] [+role][+recreation][+swimming]

Examples:
Bob's house has a full-sized indoor swimming pool.
The hotel has a wading pool for small children and also a diving pool.
They built a lap pool in their back yard.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: small body of (usually) tranquil water

Commentary: POOL[+body][+water][+small][+tranquil]

Examples:
We found small crabs and a star fish in the tidal pool.
The reflections of the trees were perfect in the clear mountain pool.
The Japanese garden was landscaped with small pools and fountains.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: an aggregation of supplies used as a shared resource

Commentary: POOL[+aggregation][+supplies] [+role][+resource][+shared]

Examples:
Mary joined a car pool to get to and from work.
There are fewer engineers entering the labor pool than in past decades.
They've hired a temp from the typing pool to help produce the annual report.
Bob was picked for the game show from a pool of contestants.
These venture capital firms have large pools of capital available for second round financing.
These populations share a common gene pool.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 5

Sense Number 4: a consortium of enterprises pursuing a shared goal or interest

Commentary: POOL[+aggregation][+enterprise][+goal][+shared]
NOTE: the enterprises ARE the pool, thus different from the 'supplies' of sense 3 above

Examples:
Five high tech companies have formed a licensing pool for their products.
At least a dozen firms have expressed an interest in forming such an R&D pool.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 5: a patch or puddle of standing liquid

Commentary: POOL[+patch][+liquid][+standing][+water/+oil/+blood]

Examples:
The detective examine the pool of blood carefully.
Pools of water collected in the pot holes in the street.
There is a pool of oil under Bill's car.
He sat in his library amid pools of books. (figurative extension)
After three best sellers, he's sitting in a pool of money. (figurative extension)

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6, 8

Sense Number 6: collection of money that are the stakes in a wager or bet

Commentary: POOL[+aggregation][+money][+stakes] [+role][+wager][+gambling]

Examples:
Betty won the pool at work for guessing the correct arrival date of Mary's new baby.
They broke up a ring running a numbers pool. (illegal lottery)
There was a big pool on the poker table for the last hand.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7

Sense Number 7: the game of pocket billiards

Commentary: POOL[+activity][+game][+billiards][+pocket]

Examples:
They play pool on Saturdays at the student union.
John brought his own pool cue.
That attorney has a reputation for playing dirty pool. (figurative, unfair practices)

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9

Sense Number 8: a continuous region of sedimentary rock containing oil or gas

Commentary: POOL[+region][+continuous][+rock][+sedimentary][+enriched][+petrochemical]

Examples:
Geologists are calculating how much gas can be extracted from this pool.
These pools contain fossils from the Devonian period.

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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 3