motor pool

noun

: a group of motor vehicles centrally controlled (as by a governmental agency) and dispatched for use as needed

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Tanks and other resources can be seen in satellite imagery, and the motor pools full of old ones empty out as they get shipped to the battlefield and obliterated. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2025 Sugie Sugarman in 92 half-hour episodes of the CBS comedy about an Army con man, Sergeant Bilko, and his motor pool crew. Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2024 Simply head to the nearest military base and find the motor pool. Aaron Kiley, Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2023 The motor pool building is a separate building from the hospital facility where patients are cared for; Eleanor Slater Hospital is the state-run system for people with who need complex, long-term medical care. Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for motor pool

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of motor pool was in 1942

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“Motor pool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motor%20pool. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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