pools

/ puːlz /

plural noun

1. Also called: football pools. an organized nationwide principally postal gambling pool betting on the result of football matches

Word History and Origins

Origin of pools¹

C20: from _pool ² (in the sense: a gambling kitty)

Example Sentences

The man texted photos of rehabs that looked like Hollywood mansions for movie stars, with swimming pools and hot tubs.

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These residential compounds offer a lifestyle more like Western suburban areas and have gyms, pools, restaurants and other amenities in a self-contained area.

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Some geologists have described the breach as a "tsunami from the mountains", as an estimated 15.4 million tonnes of water – equivalent to 6,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools – were released when the dam burst.

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For pools filled with ash, he suctioned contaminated water with a vacuum truck and sent it to locations that treat wastewater.

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Local governments have put up sign boards around ponds warning against bathing or swimming and evoked the Public Health Act to enforce regular chlorination of swimming pools and water tanks.

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