pool
Definitions of pool
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an excavation that is (usually) filled with watersynonyms: bad, badinrichting, bassin, poolstreek, poule, wiel, zwembad, zwembassintypes:sloota pool or stream in a steeplechase or similar contesttype of:uithollinga hole in the ground made by excavating
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a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid
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a capacious bag or basketsynonyms: city-bag, handkoffer, totalisator, toto, weekendtas
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"We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks
People who think they're cool usually are not. In her poem, Gwendolyn Brooks takes on the voice of pool players but actually draws a chalk outline around their lives. Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 9 Unit 4's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Poetry, poemcrazy, Nikki-Rosa, We Real Cool, Fast Break, Identity, Ego Tripping, Hanging Fire, odes, Sonnet 18, In Response to Executive Order 9066, Young, Poetry Cafe, poems by Nikki Giovanni
