pool
A. -noun
1. (=common fund) fondo (m) (comúnoun) (Cards) polla (f)
2. (=supply, source) reserva (f)
a. [of genes etcetera]   fondo (m), reserva (f)
·an untapped pool of ability
·una reserva de inteligencia no utilizada
3. ·the pools
(British, Great Britain)
(=football pools) las quinielas Spain
·to do the (football) pools
·hacer las quinielas
4. (=form of snooker) billar (m) americano
·to shoot pool
(United States) jugar al billar americano
a. that'noun dirty pool
(United States) * eso no es jugar limpio
5. (commerce) fondos masculine plural comunes
(United States)
(=monopoly, trust) consorcio (m)
·coal and steel pool
comunidad (f) de carbónoun y acero
B. -transitive verb juntar, poner en comúnoun
C. -compound
·pool hall
·pool room -noun sala (f) de billar
·pool table -noun mesa (f) de billar