wading pool
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wading pool
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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At one elementary school off Portobello Road, staff had set up a wading pool, and the children could be heard splashing and laughing up the street.
From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2022
He crept into the wading pool and hid behind a rock.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2022
The Flower Hill Swimming Pool complex has three pools: a wading pool, lap pool and 50-meter pool featuring 25 metered lap lanes, a children’s area and diving well.
From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2022
About a 15-minute walk away from the Othello station is Beacon Hill’s Van Asselt Playground, which on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays this summer brings back its wading pool.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2021
This was lifting up one end of the lake and causing the water to run out at the other, as would happen if you lifted one side of a child’s wading pool.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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