Pool

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Pool may refer to:

• Swimming pool, an artificially enclosed body of water intended for swimming, diving, etc.
• Reflecting pool, a shallow pool of water designed to reflect a structure
• Pond, a body of water smaller than a lake
• Puddle, a very small body of water

In sport:

• Pocket billiards, including eight-ball, nine-ball, straight pool and one-pocket
• Betting pool, also known as an office pool
• Parimutuel betting
• Pot (poker), the money wagered during a single hand or game
• Pool checkers, a variant of draughts
• Football pools, gambling in the UK

In business:

• Pooling, the grouping together of resources
• Intergovernmental Risk Pool
• Press pool
• Secretarial pool

In computing:

• Memory pool
• Thread pool pattern
• Object pool
• Connection Pool

In geography:

• Pool Region, in the Republic of the Congo
• Pool-in-Wharfedale
• River Pool
• Pool near Pool Bank, a steep hill near Otley in Yorkshire

[edit] See also

• Poole (disambiguation)
• Poul

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