carpool

[kahr-pool]

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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.

Origin of carpool

First recorded in 1940–45; car¹ + pool²

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Contemporary Examples

Tuesdays and Thursdays I teach; Fridays I drive my 8-year-old daughter's carpool.
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Noah Charney
March 20, 2013
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

verb, noun

another term for carshare

Derived Formscarpooling, noun

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Examples from the Web for carpool

Contemporary Examples

Tuesdays and Thursdays I teach; Fridays I drive my 8-year-old daughter's carpool.

Once it is finished, the 70-mile carpool lane will stretch from Orange County to the San Fernando Valley.

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