carpenter, pool

• car‧pen‧ter [countable]
• someone whose job is making and repairing wooden objects

• pool
• 1

  for swimming

  [countable] a hole or container that has been specially made and filled with water so that people can swim or play in it [= swimming pool]:
• They have a nice pool in their backyard.
• a shallow pool suitable for children
• 2

  area of water

  [countable] a small area of still water in a hollow place:
• pools of water with tiny fish in them
• Mosquitoes breed in stagnant pools of water.
• 3

  pool of water/blood/light etc

   a small area of liquid or light on a surface:
• A guard found him lying in a pool of blood.
• a pool of light formed by the street lamp above
• 4

  game

  [uncountable] a game in which you use a stick to hit numbered balls into holes around a table, which is often played in bars
• shoot/play pool
• We went to the pub and played pool.
• 5

  group of people

  [countable] a group of people who are available to work or to do an activity when they are needed
• pool of
• a pool of talented applicants to choose from
• The region has a large and talented labour pool.
• 6

  shared money/things

  [countable usually singular] a number of things or an amount of money that is shared by a group of people:
• Both partners put money into a common pool.
• 7

  the pools

   a system in Britain in which people try to win money each week by guessing the results of football games:
• I do the pools sometimes.
• Dad won £40 on the pools.
• 8

  sports

  [countable] American English a game in which people try to win money by guessing the result of a sports game, or the money that is collected from these people for this:
• the office basketball pool

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.