carpool

[ kahr-pool ]

/ ˈkɑrˌpul /

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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Origin of carpool

First recorded in 1940–45; car¹ + pool²

Words nearby carpool

carpogonium, carpology, carpometacarpal, carpometacarpal joint, carpometacarpus, carpool, carpooler, carpopedal, carpopedal spasm, carpophagous, carpophore

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Example sentences from the Web for carpool

Tuesdays and Thursdays I teach; Fridays I drive my 8-year-old daughter's carpool.
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Once it is finished, the 70-mile carpool lane will stretch from Orange County to the San Fernando Valley.
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British Dictionary definitions for carpool

carpool

/ (ˈkɑːˌpuːl) /

verb, noun

another term for carshare

Derived forms of carpool

carpooling, noun

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