{
    "term": "pool",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/ho/hobbies_darts_pool.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an area of water that has been created for people to swim in",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an indoor/outdoor pool"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Does the hotel have a pool?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "relaxing by the pool"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He swam three lengths of the pool."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I left the diving pool after my session on the springboards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A girl invited me over to her pool party."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I slipped on the wet pool deck and fell down."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jack works there as a pool boy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a 25 m lap pool"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a unique new wave pool"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Holidays"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bathing", "paddling", "swimming"],
                "verb + pool": ["swim in", "dive into", "jump into"],
                "pool + noun": ["deck", "attendant", "boy"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the bottom, edge, middle, side, etc. of the pool",
                    "a length of the pool"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the building that contains a public pool",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a small area of still water, especially one that has formed naturally",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "freshwater/thermal pools"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rhinos are fond of wallowing in muddy pools and sandy riverbeds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The waterfall cascades into the pool below."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a pool of water at the bottom of the garden."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The park is full of hot water springs and bubbling mud pools."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a shallow pool full of red carp"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "large", "little"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the pool", "pool of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a small amount of liquid or light lying on a surface",
            "sensetop": "pool of something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The body was lying in a pool of blood.",
                    "contextForm": "pool of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pool of light"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The water ran down out of their clothes and formed a pool on floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wick floated in a pool of oil."
                },
                {
                    "text": "pools of water"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "little", "small"],
                "verb + pool": ["lie in"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the pool", "pool of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a supply of things or money that is shared by a group of people and can be used when needed",
            "sensetop": "pool (of something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a pool of cars used by the firm’s sales force"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pool car"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They draw on funds from a common pool."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They will share a limited pool of money with other defendants."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a shrinking pool of assets"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The purpose of an insurance company is to provide a pool of funds from which to meet claims made by its customers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a growing pool of data"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a vast pool of knowledge on best practices"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "huge", "large"],
                "verb + pool": ["build", "create", "form"],
                "preposition": ["pool of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a group of people available for work when needed",
            "sensetop": "pool (of something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a pool of cheap labour"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I started my career in the **typing pool** *(= a group of people who shared a company’s typing work)* over 40 years ago."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A member of the press pool shouted out a question to the president."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a great talent pool in the business community."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to increase our applicant pool."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a method of expanding the pool of potential investors"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a strong pool of talent in the company"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the available pool of really good people"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "huge", "large"],
                "verb + pool": ["build", "create", "form"],
                "preposition": ["pool of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a game for two people played with 16 balls on a table, often in pubs and bars. Players use cues (= long sticks) to try to hit the balls into pockets at the edge of the table.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a pool table"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to shoot *(= play)* pool"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you play pool?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Games and toys", "Sports: other sports"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "a form of gambling in the UK in which people try to win money by saying what the results of football matches will be",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He does the pools every week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pools winner"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/puːl/",
                "audio": "po/pool/pool__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/puːl/",
                "audio": "po/pool/pool__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 3 Old English pōl, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch poel and German Pfuhl. noun senses 4 to 7 late 17th cent. (originally denoting a game of cards having a pool): from French poule in the sense ‘stake, kitty’, associated with pool ‘small area of liquid’."
}