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SWIM-ingp-ool/ˈswɪmɪŋ puːl/

A swimming pool (id: swimming-pool) is a large structure filled with water for swimming. A leisure pool may have slides; a pond is not for PE. Changing rooms: the pool still has a goggle rule; the phone ban still applies.

Meaning

A large structure filled with water for swimming.

Examples

• “The swimming pool needs a goggle rule; the changing-room phone ban still applies.”
• “A swimming-pool closure after a water test still moves PE to the sports hall, not a cancelled afternoon.”

Good to know

a swimming pool; in the pool. Close: a pool. Contrast: a pond / the sea. PE / leisure centres. Countable pools. Mix-up: swimming is the activity (already in this dictionary).

Near in meaning

pool

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