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carpool

[ kahr-pool ]
/ ˈkɑrˌpul /
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noun Also car pool .
Also carpooling, 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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Origin of carpool

First recorded in 1940–45; car1 + pool2
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Words related to carpool

carpooling, motor pool, ride share, van pool

How to use carpool in a sentence

  • If you required one, you had the local car pool deliver it, and you kept it so long as you needed transportation.

    Expediter|Dallas McCord Reynolds

  • 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 carpool

carpool
/ (ˈkɑːˌpuːl) /
verb, noun
another term for carshare

Derived forms of carpool

carpooling, noun
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