pool
verb [T] /puːl/Definition
› to collect something such as money in order for it to be used by several different people or groups: Three schools in Putney have pooled their resources/money in order to buy an area of waste ground and turn it into a sports field.Collecting and amassing
(Definition of pool verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a pack rat idiom
- accumulate verb
- amass verb
- assemble verb (GATHER)
- bank verb (MASS)
- collectable adjective
- collector noun (HOBBY)
- collector's item noun
- compile verb (GATHER TOGETHER)
- concentrate verb (COME TOGETHER)
- concentration noun (AMOUNT)
- fundraising noun
- garner verb
- gather verb (COLLECT)
- harvest verb (BODY PARTS)
- put sth together phrasal verb 1
- rake sth/sb up phrasal verb
- reassemble verb
- scrape sth/sb together/up phrasal verb
- store noun (STH KEPT)
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