Noun

A pool (as one supplied by a spring or occurring in the course of a stream)

Singular pool

Plural pools

pool (plural pools)

  1. A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon. --Wyclif.
    Charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool. --Francis Bacon.
    The sleepy pool above the dam. --Tennyson.
  2. A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
    The filthy mantled pool beyond your cell. --Shakespeare.
  3. A swimming pool.
  4. A supply of resources.
Derived terms

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Sat Jan 2 11:35:14 2010

Look up pool in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Pool may refer to:

Pools of water

  • Swimming pool, an artificially enclosed body of water intended for swimming
  • Reflecting pool, a shallow pool designed to reflect a structure and its surroundings:
  • Tide pool, a rocky pool on an ocean shore that remains filled with seawater when the tide goes out
  • Plunge pool, a small, deep body of water
  • Stream pool, a quiet slow-moving portion of a stream

Sports and gambling

  • Pool (cue sports), a group of games played on a pool table
  • Pool (poker) or pot, money wagered during a single hand of poker
  • Pool play or group stages, the round robin stage of many sporting championships
  • Pool betting or parimutuel betting, a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together
    • Betting pool, a form of pool betting where gamblers pay a fixed price into a pool
  • Singapore Pools, Singapore's sole legal lottery

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Mon Feb 22 19:52:50 2010

Above ground pool, do you cover it during the summer or leave it open?
Q. We are new owners of an above ground pool. The salespeople at the place we purchased the pool from have not been very helpful. I just called to ask why we did not receive our cover with the pool. The man told me we would receive it at the end of the season. I said then, well, we have to purchase a cover for the summer then? He said no, you do not cover the pool in the summer. Is this true? Are you supposed to leave it open during the summer? When I was a kid my friend's family would cover the pool every night in order to keep it clean. I am baffled. Thanks in advance!
Asked by harmony0499 - Wed Jun 27 13:02:35 2007 - - 4 Answers - 1 Comments

A. You don't have to cover it, in fact it's best if you don't. This gives the water a chance to gas off the combined chlorines as they are oxidized. Feel free to drop me a line at robandliz1992@yahoo.com and I'll give you some more information on maintaining your pool, the chemistry involved, the adjustments and how to make them, etc. Please include the gallons size of the pool, filtration system, chlorination system, and any chemicals you have used in the last couple weeks. Also, if you happen to have a water chemistry analysis done on the pool water recently please include the results.
Answered by Rob_n_Liz - Wed Jun 27 13:07:21 2007

Who has experience resurfacing their own pool using an epoxy paint?
Q. I have an in-ground concrete pool with staining problems. I am looking for anyone with experience using an epoxy paint to resurface their pool. Please tell me about your experiences. I already plan on draining my pool to fix a cyanuric acid problem I having so I thought it was worth looking into painting the pool myself while I have it empty.
Asked by Laura - Tue Mar 4 15:14:45 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. After you drain the pool do a acid wash and water mix in a sprayer, start at deep end doing the walls first down to the drain, then work your way out of the pool. As you wash let set a short time then rinse with water after your done pump out what you can of the water, finish removing the water til completely dry, pick your color and paint from deep to shallow. Your pool was plastered with a product called Marcite and when the pool was finished it was washed the same way i described before filling. Maybe the acid wash will take care of the staining and you won't have to paint.
Answered by DAVE W - Tue Mar 4 16:03:49 2008

Why is my pool pump pressure so high?
Q. My pool pump pressure seems unreasonably high. The pressure gauge on the filter indicates about 22 psi normally and 28 psi when running the solar. I have a 4.9 sq foot sand filter. The pressure doesn't change by more than one psi after backwashing. On the pressure side of the pump the water moves to the filter, then to a Zodiac Duoclear salt cell (with integrated mineral filter), then the solar control valve, then out to two pool returns (about 40 feet away) over 2 inch PE flex piping. A friend of mine has a similar system and his pressure seems to be about half of what mine is. I've checked that the gauge is not stuck and it goes all the way to zero when the system is shut off. Any suggestions?
Asked by Pete A - Fri Sep 7 12:42:38 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It sounds like your back washing is working. It drops so little because it didn't need back washing. Your solar seems to be in reasonable limits, so the only thing left is your Zodiac salt cell. Bypass that to see if that corrects the problem. Likely so.
Answered by len b - Sat Sep 8 16:36:43 2007

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