swimming pool
noun
a tank or large artificial basin, as of concrete, for filling with water for swimming.
swimming pools
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pluralof swimming pool.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Microsoft’s new data center in Wisconsin will use about only four Olympic swimming pools of water this year, half as much as a car wash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Equal to 1 billion metric tons, a gigaton is the equivalent of a cubic kilometer of water, enough to fill 400,000 Olympic swimming pools.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
The plan envisages slashing the three states' collective water consumption by up to 3.7 billion cubic meters per year until 2036 -- the equivalent of 1.5 million Olympic-sized swimming pools.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
The i Paper says "sixteen million people could see their areas move into drought status this week", meaning that "car washes and swimming pools could face water bans" amid heatwave conditions.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Terraces climbed up the side of the mountain, with swimming pools on every level, connected by waterslides and waterfalls and underwater tubes you could swim through.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
