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fishpool

fishpool noun: a pool of water containing fish; fishpond.

Noun

fishpool (plural fishpools)

  1. A pool of water containing fish; fishpond.
    • “Yes,” said our father, when Jem asked him if we could go over and sit by Miss Rachel’s fishpool with Dill, as this was his last night in Maycomb.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

Proper noun capitalized: Fishpool

Fishpool (countable and uncountable, plural Fishpools)

  1. A suburban area of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8009).
  2. A habitational surname.

Forms of fishpool

Noun
pluralfishpools
Proper noun
pluralFishpools

Origin of fishpool

From Middle English fischpol, from Old English fisċpōl (“fishpond”), equivalent to fish + pool.

From fishpool.

Questions about fishpool

What does fishpool mean?
Fishpool means a pool of water containing fish; fishpond.
What part of speech is fishpool?
Fishpool can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of fishpool?
The plural of fishpool is fishpools.

Words near fishpool in the dictionary

  1. fishplating
  2. fishpole
  3. fishpoles
  4. fishpond
  5. fishponds
  6. fishpool
  7. fishpools
  8. fishpot
  9. fishpots
  10. fishpound
  11. fishpounds

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