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carpool

[ kahr-pool ]
/ ˈkɑrˌpul /
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noun Also car pool.

Also car·pool·ing, car pooling. an arrangement among a group of automobile owners by which each owner in turn drives the others or their children to and from a designated place.
those included in such an arrangement.

verb (used without object)

Also car-pool. to form or participate in a carpool.

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Nearby words

  1. carpogonium,
  2. carpology,
  3. carpometacarpal,
  4. carpometacarpal joint,
  5. carpometacarpus,
  6. carpooler,
  7. carpopedal,
  8. carpopedal spasm,
  9. carpophagous,
  10. carpophore

Origin of carpool

First recorded in 1940–45; car1 + pool2
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for car-pool

  • Most of those which had been rented for the day had been returned to the car-pool garages.

    Expediter|Dallas McCord Reynolds
British Dictionary definitions for car-pool

carpool

/ (ˈkɑːˌpuːl) /

verb, noun

another term for carshare
Derived Formscarpooling, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for car-pool

car-pool

n.

also carpool, 1942, American English, from car + pool (n.2). As a verb from 1962. Related: Carpooled; carpooling.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper