swimming pool
noun
: a pool suitable for swimming
especially
: a tank (as of concrete or plastic) made for swimming
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Our neighbors have a swimming pool in their backyard.
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Trees grew on the roof of the Polissya Hotel, which once housed nuclear scientists; at the Palace of Culture Energetik in the city’s center, frozen rain collected inside of a decrepit swimming pool.
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Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
With options like Atlantic Ocean mist, the shower is over-the-top in the best way, and the heated swimming pool is gently illuminated, creating a peaceful lagoon-like vibe.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
Now, the swimming pool finale scene uses the stage area farther back for that effect.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Just prior to the explosion of seismic activity, a sheet of magma that could fill about 32,000 Olympic-size swimming pools had rocketed up from a depth of at least 12 miles to just a mile below São Jorge’s surface in no more than a day.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
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Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
With options like Atlantic Ocean mist, the shower is over-the-top in the best way, and the heated swimming pool is gently illuminated, creating a peaceful lagoon-like vibe.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
Now, the swimming pool finale scene uses the stage area farther back for that effect.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Just prior to the explosion of seismic activity, a sheet of magma that could fill about 32,000 Olympic-size swimming pools had rocketed up from a depth of at least 12 miles to just a mile below São Jorge’s surface in no more than a day.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Swimming pool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swimming%20pool. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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