cowpool
cowpool noun: a pond used by cows.
Noun (1)
cowpool (plural cowpools)
- A pond used by cows.
- Dried snot on the marijuana pipe tossed into the cowpool built with government subsidy on a Vermont commune.1986, Hortense Calisher, The Bobby-Soxer, Doubleday, published 1986, →ISBN, page 278
Noun (2)
cowpool (plural cowpools)
- A group that engages in cowpooling.
- Others have created so-called "cowpools" to divvy up an entire animal and dole out cuts of meat.2008 August 10, Peter Andrey Smith, “The ABCs of the New CSAs”, in Gourmet
Verb
cowpool (third-person singular simple present cowpools, present participle cowpooling, simple past and past participle cowpooled)
- To jointly purchase all or part of a butchered cow with one or more additional parties and split the meat.
- Brandee Callahan, 32, has lived in Huntersville for about two years and has ordered from GO Local for a year. She cowpools about every three months and supplements with smaller orders.2011 June 22, Lukas Johnson, “Company connects local food movement”, in Lake Norman News
Forms of cowpool
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cowpools |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cowpools |
| present participle | cowpooling |
| past participle | cowpooled |
| past | cowpooled |
Origin of cowpool
From cow + pool (“small body of water”).
From cow + pool (“to put together”), by analogy with carpool.
Questions about cowpool
- What does cowpool mean?
- Cowpool means a pond used by cows.
- What part of speech is cowpool?
- Cowpool can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of cowpool?
- The plural of cowpool is cowpools.
Words near cowpool in the dictionary
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