Poole

[pool]

noun

1. a port in Dorset, in S England.

Poole

/ puːl /

noun

1. a port and resort in S England, in Poole unitary authority, Dorset, on Poole Harbour ; seat of Bournemouth University (1992). Pop: 144 800 (2001)

2. a unitary authority in S England, in Dorset. Pop: 137 500 (2003 est). Area: 37 sq km (14 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Issy Phipps, 17, from Cookham, Berkshire, and Sophie Woolcott, 27, from Poole, Dorset, died at their homes in April 2023 and February 2024.

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Twenty-seven-year-old mum-of-three Sophie Woolcott, from Poole, had a long history of mental health conditions, including borderline personality disorder.

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Jayden Poole, 17, who has an allergy to milk, said her mother would previously not allow her to eat anything from a bakery or sandwich shop because labels "couldn't be relied on".

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Dame Annette served the constituency of Mid-Dorset and North Poole in Parliament from 2001 to 2015 and was voted MP of the year in 2010.

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She spent 17 years as a Poole councillor, overseeing the council's move to a unitary authority.

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