swimming pool

noun

Definition of swimming poolnext
as in pool

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Recent Examples of swimming pool Inside are 11 bedrooms and nine bathrooms, along with several living areas, a library, a historic chapel, and a billiard room; outside are expansive terraces and a large swimming pool. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026 As an example, someone who is spending a steamy-hot Saturday afternoon in their swimming pool may be facing potential risks. — Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026 The resort has its own waterpark with a freeform swimming pool, baby pool, two-story slide, and lazy river. — Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 The 16,000-square-foot mansion located at 3 Carlton Gardens boasts a spa and indoor swimming pool, as well as a historic backstory, having previously served as Charles de Gaulle’s wartime headquarters. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for swimming pool
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swimming pool
  1. pool
  2. well
  3. puddle
  4. lake
  5. water hole
  6. pond
  7. billabong
Noun
  • When Marie Cloutier stayed at a budget-friendly hotel in Massachusetts during a conference, the hotel pool was located in a ground-floor atrium at the center of the property where everyone could see — and hear — it.
    — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The two were the only ones in the photos in which they were captured appearing to hold hands, hug, and, in one instance, sit in a pool together.
    — Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of pool
Noun
  • Infamous quarterback Russ Holliday (Glen Powell) knows this well.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Edwards stood in the well of the House as the censure resolution was read.
    — Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of well
Noun
  • Many predicted that the pools grow very fast — that below the critical probability, puddles are tiny, and above it, a single ocean covers almost everything.
    — Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Eliminating standing water by filling in puddles, repairing eaves and changing the water in buckets and bowls at least once a day.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of puddle
Noun
  • The two, who were getting married on Lake Catherine, were celebrating their night before at Natalie’s dad’s house on the lake.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Xinhua News has issued official reports about the disaster and technical dispatches about the science of the glacial lakes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of lake
Noun
  • One of the reasons the water hole has been so favored is because radio waves in this frequency range are not absorbed by Earth's atmosphere.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • There were about 50 of them and they were strung out over a wide, grassy plain near a water hole.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026
Definition of water hole
Noun
  • The production was announced to transfer to London, but never crossed the pond due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
  • This set captures the zen feeling of looking out at a lily pond, with 3D droplets of condensation and a frosty ombré French tip.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of pond
Noun
  • Sonia Namarnyilk layered three stencils to print complex patterns of mermaid-like water spirits, their fluid, bright orange undulations interspersed with playful turtles and rippling billabong plants.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
  • The plants and creatures were fossilized when iron-rich groundwater drained into a billabong, or water hole.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 7 Jan. 2022
Definition of billabong

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