- car pool
- {n.} A group of people who own cars and take turns driving each other to work or on some other regular trip. * /It was John's father's week to drive his own car in the car pool./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
car pool
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car-pool — carˈ pool intransitive verb • • • Main Entry: ↑car * * * car pool verb [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they car pool he/she/it car pools … Useful english dictionary
car|pool — car pool, 1. an arrangement for private transportation in which the responsibility of providing an automobile is rotated among members of a group of automobile owners: »Growing numbers of commuters, as a result, are driving their own cars to work … Useful english dictionary
car pool — ˈcar pool 1 noun [countable] 1. a group of cars owned by a company or other organization that its members can use; = motor pool AmE 2. a group of car owners who agree to go to work together in one car: • highways with car pool lanes for vehicles… … Financial and business terms
car pool — also carpool, 1942 (n.); 1962 (v.); Amer.Eng., from CAR (Cf. car) + POOL (Cf. pool) (2). Related: Carpooled; carpooling … Etymology dictionary
car-pool — car ,pool verb intransitive AMERICAN if a group of car owners car pool, they agree to travel together to work, school, etc., so that only one car is used at a time … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
car pool — car ,pool noun count 1. ) a group of car owners who agree to travel together to work, school, etc., so that only one car is used each time 2. ) a group of cars owned by a company that can be used by people who work for the company … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
car pool — carpool n 1.) a group of people who agree to travel together to work, school etc in one car and share the cost 2.) a group of cars that a company or organization owns for its workers or members to use … Dictionary of contemporary English
car pool — ☆ car pool n. an arrangement by a group to rotate the use of their cars, as for going to work * * * … Universalium
car pool — ☆ car pool n. an arrangement by a group to rotate the use of their cars, as for going to work … English World dictionary
car pool — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms car pool : singular car pool plural car pools 1) a group of car owners who agree to travel together to work, college etc so that only one car is used each time 2) a group of cars owned by a company that can be… … English dictionary
car pool — [[t]kɑ͟ː(r)puːl[/t]] car pools, car pooling, car pooled (in BRIT, also use carpool, car pool) 1) N COUNT; also N n A car pool is an arrangement where a group of people take turns driving each other to work, or driving each other s children to… … English dictionary
