pools

British  

/ puːlz /

plural noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of pools

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

Example Sentences

Soon, more visitors were arriving every summer, with many indulging in now-unthinkable activities like feeding bears from elevated platforms and swimming in thermal pools.

From The Wall Street Journal

The black leather boots, thought to date back to the early 1900s, were discovered by volunteers cleaning up rock pools on Ogmore-by-Sea beach in the Vale of Glamorgan.

From BBC

In another video, published by the Australian Broadcasting Corp., trees and dirt appear to have enveloped part of the hot pools.

From The Wall Street Journal

The vast pools of capital raised by larger private-equity funds provide a robust source of exit opportunities for Blueprint’s portfolio companies, according to the firm and its backers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cruise operators have spent decades cultivating an atmosphere at sea with Broadway musicals, lively casinos and crowds of kids frolicking in pools.

From The Wall Street Journal