pool
Pronunciation: /poːl/
“pool” is a Dutch word. Its 8 meanings in English:
noun
- magnetic pole (especially of the Earth and other celestial bodies)
- electrical pole (e.g. of a battery)
- an opposing side of a principle or a doctrine
- a gambling venture such as a football pool
- the stake involved in such a venture
- an arrangement where people pool in money to share one resource such as a carpool
- pool
- the pile (upstanding usually fine hair) on certain fabrics, velvet or carpeting
Etymology
From Latin polus, which itself is from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis”). Cognate with English pole.
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