swimming pool

A structure, often a concrete-lined excavation of rectangular shape, that is filled with water and used for swimming.

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swimming pool

(Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) an artificial pool for swimming

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swim′ming pool`

a tank or large artificial basin, as of concrete, for filling with water for swimming.

[1895–1900]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

swimming pool - pool that provides a facility for swimming; "`swimming bath' is a British term"

natatorium, swimming bath

athletic facility - a facility for athletic events

lido - a recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports

pool - an excavation that is (usually) filled with water

swimming pool

noun swimming baths, pool, baths, lido They had been drinking water from the swimming pool.

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Translations

حَمَّامُ سِبَاحَة

bazén

swimmingpool

Schwimmbad Schwimmbecken

πισίνα

piscina

uima-allasallas

piscine

בריכת שחייה

bazen

uszodaúszómedence

sundlaug

piscina pool di dattilografi fondo

スイミングプール

수영장

plavalni bazen

simbassäng

สระว่ายน้ำ

yüzme havuzu

bể bơi

游泳池

swimming pool

n → piscina

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

swimming pool

→ حَمَّامُ سِبَاحَة bazén swimmingpool Schwimmbecken πισίνα piscina uima-allas piscine bazen piscina スイミングプール 수영장 zwembad svømmebasseng pływalnia piscina бассейн simbassäng สระว่ายน้ำ yüzme havuzu bể bơi 游泳池

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Part of the process of recovering from my long sickness was to find delight in little things, in things unconnected with books and problems, in play, in games of tag in the swimming pool, in flying kites, in fooling with horses, in working out mechanical puzzles.

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In its centre was a long tank of water, set below the level of the floor like the swimming pool of a natatorium.

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Beyond, a door opened upon a bedroom, and beyond that was a swimming pool of the purest marble, that had cost about forty thousand dollars.

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Outbreaks of illness caused by infectious organisms associated with swimming pool use are reported with regularity (Yoder et al.

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CHLORINATED swimming pools may be partly to blame for the current epidemic of childhood asthma, research suggests.

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The swimming pool theme was amplified in the second space, where a drain set into the floor indicated a sewage system and therefore conceptually linked the gallery space with the outside.

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A Hampshire Fire and Rescue spokeswoman said: 'The homeowner, who is having her birthday today, woke up this morning to find several cows in her garden and one in the swimming pool.

Pregnant cow saved from a watery end

We have no swimming pool in the Gwendraeth Valley and have to travel to Llanelli or Carmarthen to swim.

More pools please

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In Swimming Pool, a sly thriller with quicksilver slides into and out of fantasy, Rampling plays a famed, sharp-tongued British mystery writer with a haircut like an ex-nun's and lips drawn in perpetual disapproval; she's an embodiment of dykey photos of such real-life thriller writers as Patricia Highsmith and Ruth Rendell.

The shallow end: Francois Ozon's Swimming Pool has style and great performances, but it's a rather lightweight summer fling

Granulomatous pneumonitis has been reported in lifeguards ("lifeguard lung") who worked at an indoor swimming pool that featured waterfalls and sprays (5).

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Quintans Raya Crespo Architects won a competition held by the province of A Coruna (Corunna) in north-west Spain for indoor swimming pools to be set in small towns.

In the swim: for the second time in two years these architects have won a commendation for thoughtful civic sensibility