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  {
    "word": "pool",
    "phonetic": "/pul/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/pul/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/pu\u02d0l/",
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        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/pul/",
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      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "the pools of Solomon"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A supply of resources.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "There is a limited pool of candidates from which to choose the new manager."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(by extension) A set of resources that are kept ready to use.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A small amount of liquid on a surface.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a pool of blood"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A localized glow of light.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(of a liquid) To form a pool.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A pool of water used for swimming, usually one which has been artificially constructed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pool",
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/swimming%20pool"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "pool",
    "phonetic": "/pul/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/pul/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/pu\u02d0l/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/pool-uk.mp3",
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          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
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        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/pul/",
        "audio": ""
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(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 engage in the game.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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 black ball in order to win.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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 contributed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He put $10,000 into the pool."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A set of players in quadrille etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We must pool our resources."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
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    ]
  }
]