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pool [n]

1)	an excavation that is (usually) filled with water

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2)	a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing"

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pond

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lake fishpond horsepond mere millpond swimming_hole water_hole

3)	an organization of people or resources that can be shared; "a car pool"; "a secretarial pool"; "when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool"

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organisation typing_pool

4)	an association of companies for some definite purpose

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consortium syndicate

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association syndicate syndicate cartel

5)	any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to the pool"

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reserve_account bet

6)	a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid; "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood"

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puddle

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body_of_water puddle puddle billabong mud_puddle

7)	the combined stakes of the betters

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kitty

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bet

8)	something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"

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puddle

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place

9)	any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets

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pocket_billiards

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table_game break cannon masse miscue snooker

pool [v]

1)	combine into a common fund; "We pooled resources"

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2)	join or form a pool of people

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aggroup

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

Parallel Object-Oriented Language.

A series of languages from Philips Research Labs.

See POOL2, POOL-I, POOL-T.

(1995-02-07)

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