swimming pool
noun
: a pool suitable for swimming
especially
: a tank (as of concrete or plastic) made for swimming
Examples of swimming pool in a Sentence
Our neighbors have a swimming pool in their backyard.
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There’s no fountain of youth, Klapper said, but the closest thing is a swimming pool.
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Terrifying footage from a southern Nevada home surveillance video shows the moment a car crashes through a backyard wall, goes airborne and ejects the driver into a private swimming pool.
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There were campsites for tents and trailers, rental cabins, barbecue grills, two lakes, and three swimming pools.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
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—April Roach, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Terrifying footage from a southern Nevada home surveillance video shows the moment a car crashes through a backyard wall, goes airborne and ejects the driver into a private swimming pool.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
There were campsites for tents and trailers, rental cabins, barbecue grills, two lakes, and three swimming pools.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
Last summer, excess heat from an Equinix data center was used to heat the Olympic swimming pools in Paris.
—April Roach, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
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“Swimming pool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swimming%20pool. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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