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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The spa is based around the ancient Celtic reverence for nature and comes with an indoor-outdoor swimming pool, a Wyda room (a Celtish form of yoga practised here), and ‘silence’ rooms.
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Jemima Sissons, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
The property will also contain a backyard swimming pool, plus a pool house or poolside cabana of some sort.
—James McClain, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
In 1960s Kansas, a Black family fights to integrate public swimming pools.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2024
Surveys of the site show 300,000 cubic yards of material — enough to fill 90 Olympic-sized swimming pools — must be cleared from the site.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Schools were shuttered—less due to the rhythms of our agrarian past than to moneyed classes fleeing the cities before the advent of air conditioning—and swimming pools were open.
—Lydia Millet, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024
The two-story spa building will feature 13 treatment rooms, and the resort’s centerpiece is a 400-foot swimming pool with cabanas and poolside food and drink service.
—The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2024
The three main bathing chambers, used in varying order, were the tepidarium (a warm room), the caldarium (a hot room), and the frigidarium (a cold room, often including a swimming pool).
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
Tannin Manor’s vast grounds feature extensive terraces, a swimming pool, a 3,500-square-foot pool house, and a gym and fitness suite for those living an active lifestyle.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
Jemima Sissons, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
The property will also contain a backyard swimming pool, plus a pool house or poolside cabana of some sort.
—James McClain, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
In 1960s Kansas, a Black family fights to integrate public swimming pools.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2024
Surveys of the site show 300,000 cubic yards of material — enough to fill 90 Olympic-sized swimming pools — must be cleared from the site.
—Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Schools were shuttered—less due to the rhythms of our agrarian past than to moneyed classes fleeing the cities before the advent of air conditioning—and swimming pools were open.
—Lydia Millet, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024
The two-story spa building will feature 13 treatment rooms, and the resort’s centerpiece is a 400-foot swimming pool with cabanas and poolside food and drink service.
—The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2024
The three main bathing chambers, used in varying order, were the tepidarium (a warm room), the caldarium (a hot room), and the frigidarium (a cold room, often including a swimming pool).
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
Tannin Manor’s vast grounds feature extensive terraces, a swimming pool, a 3,500-square-foot pool house, and a gym and fitness suite for those living an active lifestyle.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Swimming pool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swimming%20pool. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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