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Pool may refer to:
Bodies of water
Swimming pool , usually an artificial structure containing a large body of water intended for swimming
Reflecting pool , a shallow pool designed to reflect a structure and its surroundings
Tide pool , a rocky pool on an ocean shore that remains filled with seawater when the tide goes out
Salt pannes and pools , a water-retaining depression located within salt and brackish marshes
Plunge pool , a small, deep body of water
Stream pool , a quiet slow-moving portion of a stream
Spent fuel pool , a storage facility for used fuel rods from a nuclear reactor
Sports and gambling
Pool (cards) , the common pot for stakes or the stakes themselves in card games
Pool (dominoes) , the stock or boneyard in dominoes
Pool (cue sports) , a group of games played on a pool table
Pool (poker) or
pot (poker) , money wagered during a single hand of poker
Pool betting or parimutuel betting, a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together
Betting pool , a form of pool betting where gamblers pay a fixed price into a pool
Pool play or group stages, the round-robin stage of many sporting championships
Singapore Pools , Singapore's national lottery
Computing
Arts and entertainment
Music
Film
Other uses in arts and entertainment
Places
England
Pool, Cornwall , on the mainland, England
Pool, Isles of Scilly , a
location in Cornwall, England
Pool-in-Wharfedale , in West Yorkshire, England
Pool of London , a stretch of the River Thames
River Pool (London) , a river in England, tributary to the River Ravensbourne
River Pool, Cumbria , a river in Cumbria, England, tributary to the Gilpin
United States
Congo
Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term