SINCE 1828
wading pool
nounDefinition of wading pool
: a shallow pool of portable or permanent construction used by children for wading
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Think of a checkpoint as something like a pool-wide snapshot. — Jim Salter, Ars Technica, "Digging into the new features in OpenZFS post-Linux migration," 20 June 2019 The jaguar drinks from the wading pool (the puppet has a tongue) while Brine swings above. — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, "Review: Inside Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Luzia’ tent, you’ll find pure enchantment," 20 June 2019 Outside of a tractor-trailer that had been selling Raptors clothing, there appeared to be a pool of blood. — Lindsey Wiebe, New York Times, "Shooting Near Toronto Raptors’ Victory Parade Leaves 4 Wounded," 17 June 2019 Johnson also paid tribute to Zephaniah Muchele, a fifth-grader at Magnolia Elementary School, who died days after nearly drowning at a pool in Joppa. — David Anderson, baltimoresun.com, "Harford Councilman Johnson announces community cleanup, fair Saturday in Edgewood to remember gun violence victims," 6 June 2019 The Baja shelf is a term for an extended top step into a pool, which becomes, essentially a de-facto shallow pool inside your bigger pool. — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, "Your Pool Needs a Baja Shelf, and Here's Proof," 23 May 2019 Searching the neighborhood Goldman, her husband and two kids, used to live a couple streets over in a two-story house that had a backyard with a pool. — Lisa Van Loo, azcentral, "A Pinterest, Instagram-inspired north-central Phoenix home. Take a look," 27 June 2019 That leaves them diving into a pool of talent for Kemba Walker, Jimmy Butler, D’Angelo Russell and DeMarcus Cousins who might not fit with James and Davis. — Ben Cohen, WSJ, "The Lakers Have Money. Now They Have to Spend Wisely.," 27 June 2019 By Alex Horton | Washington Post From the air, the massive crater resembles a pink virus floating against a pool of green. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "Massive blast leaves crater in German barley field," 25 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wading pool.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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