Office betting strategy, concrete body of water, or game like billiards

noun

1. Something resembling a pool

   "a pool of light"

2. A small body of standing liquid
3. A continuous area of porous sedimentary rock that yields petroleum or gas
4. Swimming pool

verb

1. To form a pool
2. To accumulate or become static (as in the veins of a bodily part)

noun

1. An aggregate stake to which each player of a game has contributed
2. All the money bet by a number of persons on a particular event
3. A game played on an English billiard table in which each of the players stakes a sum and the winner takes all
4. Any of various games of billiards played on an oblong table having 6 pockets with usually 15 object balls
5. An aggregation of the interests or property of different persons made to further a joint undertaking by subjecting them to the same control and a common liability
6. The whole quantity of a particular material present in the body and available for function or the satisfying of metabolic demands
7. A body product (such as blood) collected from many donors and stored for later use
8. A group of people available for some purpose

   "a shrinking pool of applicants"

9. Gene pool
10. A group of journalists from usually several news organizations using pooled resources (such as television equipment) to produce shared coverage especially of events to which access is restricted

verb

1. To combine (things, such as resources) in a common pool or effort

geographical name

1. See malebo, pool

idiom

1. To combine more than one person's supply of something (such as money)

   "If we pool our resources we can buy the car."

noun

1. An arrangement in which a group of people commute together by car

noun

1. Underhanded or unsportsmanlike conduct

noun

1. The collection of genes in an interbreeding population that includes each gene at a certain frequency in relation to its alleles the genetic information of a population of interbreeding organisms

   "the human gene pool"

noun

1. A pool (typically a swimming pool) with an edge over which water flows to give the appearance of the water extending to the horizon

   "And most importantly, the pool and bar are open for business, where a spacious infinity pool looks down on Kalakaua Avenue and makes for the ideal spot to watch the sunset and sip a drink."