Good mood, rich rest, active pastime - all this can give a trip to the pool. Such a familiar and recognizable word, however, a number of questions may arise when writing and using it. For example, how do you spell the word "pool"? What other values are possible? Are there set expressions and phrases that will expand the vocabulary and increase the figurativeness and expressiveness of speech? The answers to these and other questions are further in detail.
Meaning
There are three main meanings of the word "pool". It is primarily a swimming pool. Two more meanings are associated with geology and hydrology. Consider separately.
1. A swimming pool is an artificial reservoir for swimming, water sports and active pastime. In addition, there are facilities for keeping animals and breeding them for industrial purposes.
Examples:
- Swimming pool with seafish has only recently been tested by the sanitary epidemiological station.
- The competition was for two tickets to the pool, and the girl really wanted to win, planning to have a good time.
2. The totality of seas, rivers, lakes and reservoirs associated with them and providing their food.
Examples:
- The river basin is also called a catchment area, as it collects all atmospheric precipitation to replenish it.
- The Volga basin makes it the largest in Europe and covers more than 1,000,000 km2.
3. A zone indicating the occurrence of certain minerals.
Examples:
- The zone of the West Siberian basin is the richest source of oil and gas, while Southeast Siberia is famous for its gold deposits.
- The Gulf of Mexico, Western Canada, Alaska and Los Angeles are North American oil and gas basins.
Origin
The word is borrowed from French, from bassin. The latter means "basin, bowl, pool." The word is related to the Italian bacino, the Gaulish bacca. They are used in the meaning of "vessel for water". The word "pool" has entered the Russian language since 1764. Used to refer to artificial reservoirs.
Many people ask how the word "pool" is spelled. Given the origin and spelling in the original French, it is easy to remember the presence of two letters "c" in the middle of the word. When declining, their number remains unchanged, as can be seen below in the examples of the table.
Morphological and syntactic properties
The word is a noun, inanimate, masculine. Refers to the second declension. Root: -pool-. According to the classification of A. A. Zaliznyak, the declension of the word "pool" is characterized by type 1a.
Singular number:
| Name | pool |
| R. | pool |
| D. | pool |
| V. | pool |
| TV. | pool |
| Ex. | pool |
Plural:
| Name | pools |
| R. | pools |
| D. | pools |
| V. | pools |
| TV. | pools |
| Ex. | pools |
Synonyms and antonyms
Given the three main meanings of the word, you can pick up a number of synonyms for them that are consonant with the connotation of the concept. These include: a reservoir, a reservoir, a pond, a tank, a basin, a ladle, a reservoir, a backwater, a recess, a bay, a backwater, an aquarium, a jacuzzi, an oceanarium, a paddling pool, a reservoir.
The following words can be attributed to antonyms in various contexts: land, embankment, elevation.
Phraseological units and set phrases
Based on the basic meaning that a "pool" is a body of water, we can consider the following set definitions forhim:
- swimming/bathing/sports/Olympic/artesian;
- indoor/deep/shallow/decorative.
In the meaning of "zone of occurrence of minerals" is combined with the following words:
- stone/marble;
- Caribbean/Donetsk/Mediterranean/Carboniferous.
In the meaning of a unifying reservoir:
shipbuilding/river/inland
In addition to the direct meaning of the word, there are a number of toponyms (names of geographical objects) that will expand the horizons and vocabulary of those interested. The basin is a city and a river in Burma, as well as a lake in the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan. In the history of cinema, four films with this name have been made. In the exact sciences, there is the concept of "Newton's pools", denoting a kind of algebraic fractals. From all of the above, we can conclude that the word is extremely popular both in general colloquial speech and in narrow-profile scientific topics. For the interpretation of special meanings, it is better to refer to the appropriate dictionaries.
