how to pronounce pool

/ˈpul/

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pool is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of pool in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… surfacing from a pool of water you can …”

meaning of pool

Pool is a game in which players hit a ball with a cue stick into a series of holes on the table.

pool frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word pool occurs in english on average 48.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pool can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pool can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;