wading pool
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wading pool
First recorded in 1920–25
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The 3.6-acre estate features a wading pool and an infinity pool that are connected by a lazy river.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
“It’s the size of a lake but it’s not deep. ... It’s more like a very, very large riverbed without the flow — a wading pool maybe.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
In July, around the baby’s first birthday, the couple sent Motley a snapshot of the child in swim trunks, smiling and splashing in a wading pool.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
At one elementary school off Portobello Road, staff had set up a wading pool, and the children could be heard splashing and laughing up the street.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
They stood side by side at the table, and slowly, Brangwain Spurge lifted up the casket that contained the gemstone found beneath the Elf King’s wading pool.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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