Pools

/puːlz/

तालाब/कुंड/जलाशय; संसाधनों/धन का साझा भंडार; (खेल) पूल/बिलियर्ड्स का खेल

Origin & History

From Middle English pool, from Old English pōl (“pool, pond”), from Proto-Germanic *pōlaz; related to Dutch poel and German Pfuhl.

मध्य अंग्रेज़ी 'pool' से, जो पुरानी अंग्रेज़ी 'pōl' (ताल/तालाब) से आया; आगे प्रोटो-जर्मैनिक *pōlaz से; डच 'poel' और जर्मन 'Pfuhl' से संबंधित।

Definition

Pools can mean multiple things: (1) small bodies of water (natural or artificial), including swimming pools; (2) a shared supply of resources or people available for use (a pool of candidates); (3) money or stakes combined for a game, venture, or shared risk; (4) the cue sport played on a pool table; and as a verb, to pool means to combine resources into one common fund.

'Pools' के कई अर्थ हो सकते हैं: (1) पानी के छोटे जलाशय/कुंड/तालाब (प्राकृतिक या कृत्रिम), जिनमें स्विमिंग पूल भी शामिल है; (2) उपयोग के लिए उपलब्ध संसाधनों/लोगों का साझा भंडार (जैसे उम्मीदवारों का पूल); (3) खेल/व्यवसाय/जोखिम में धन या दांव को मिलाकर बनाया गया साझा फंड; (4) पूल टेबल पर खेला जाने वाला क्यू-स्पोर्ट; और क्रिया के रूप में 'to pool' का अर्थ है संसाधनों को मिलाकर एक साझा निधि बनाना।

Parts of Speech

Noun:
The resort has several pools, including an indoor pool.
Noun:
We drew from a large pool of applicants.
Noun:
They put their money into investment pools to reduce risk.
Noun:
After dinner, they played pools at the club.
Verb:
Let’s pool our resources to finish the project.

Usage Examples

Rainwater collected in pools along the roadside.
There is a limited pool of candidates for this role.
A pool of blood formed on the floor.
The companies agreed to pool their data for research.
They joined a betting pool during the tournament.

Synonyms

Ponds Puddles Basins Reservoirs Funds Common fund Stockpile Resource bank

Antonyms

Drainage Depletion Scarcity Shortage Individual fund

Related Forms

Noun
Pool / Swimming pool / Pooling (as a noun in some contexts)
Verb
Adjective
Pooled (e.g., pooled funds)

Idioms & Phrases

Pool resources
संसाधन मिलाकर साझा करना
A pool of talent
प्रतिभा का भंडार/पूल
In the pool
चयन/प्रतियोगिता के लिए उपलब्ध समूह में
Pool your money
पैसा मिलाकर साझा फंड बनाना