| inglese > italiano | |
| pool | |
| 1. sost. piscina | |
| 2. sost. stagno, specchio d'acqua, laghetto | |
| 3. sost. pozza, pozzanghera | |
| 4. sost. polla fluviale, tonfano | |
| 5. sost. giacimento di idrocarburi fluidi | |
| 6. sost. piatto, puntate | |
| 7. sost. biliardo | |
| 8. sost. pool, consorzio, cartello | |
| 9. sost. uso in comune di attrezzature, servizi | |
| 10. sost. manodopera | |
| 11. sost. (sport) girone eliminatorio | |
| 12. verb. formare pozze, formare pozzanghere | |
| 13. verb. costituire un pool, consorziarsi, unirsi, raggruppare | |
| 14. verb. mettere in (un fondo) comune, mettere insieme, unire | |
| 15. verb. consorziare, riunire in consorzio | |
| 16. verb. mettere in comune | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| pool | |
| 1. subst. A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water. |  |
| the pools of Solomon |  |
| 2. subst. A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle. |  |
| 3. subst. (ellipsis of swimming pool). |  |
| 4. subst. A supply of resources. |  |
| There is a limited pool of candidates from which to choose the new manager. |  |
| 5. subst. (by extension, computing) A set of resources that are kept ready to use. |  |
| 6. subst. A small amount of liquid on a surface, such as a pool of blood. |  |
| 7. v. (intransitive, of a liquid) to form a pool |  |
| 8. subst. (game) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who |  |
| 9. subst. (sport) A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour, 7 of another, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the |  |
| 10. subst. In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners. |  |
| 11. subst. Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join. |  |
| 12. subst. The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes. |  |
| 13. subst. A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contribut |  |
| The pool took all the wheat offered below the limit. |  |
| He put $10,000 into the pool. |  |
| 14. subst. (rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement. |  |
| 15. subst. (legal) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities. |  |
| 16. v. to put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of |  |
| We must pool our resources. |  |
| 17. v. (intransitive) to combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| piscina | |
| 1. subst. swimming pool |  |
| 2. subst. plunge pool (plunge basin or waterfall lake or deep depression at the base of a waterfall) |  |