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motor pool

motor pool noun: a fleet of vehicles for use by a military installation; the department that maintains them.

Noun

motor pool (plural motor pools)

  1. (US) A fleet of vehicles for use by a military installation; the department that maintains them
    • A sound truck joined the vehicles on the dock, whose number was growing almost to a full-sized motor pool.1963, Thomas Pynchon, V., J. B. Lippincott & Co., →LCCN, →OCLC, page 31
    • Head through the Motor Pool to get to the Ops Center.2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Avery Johnson (David Scully), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Crow's Nest

Forms of motor pool

pluralmotor pools

Questions about motor pool

What does motor pool mean?
Motor pool means a fleet of vehicles for use by a military installation; the department that maintains them.
What part of speech is motor pool?
Motor pool is a noun.
What is the plural of motor pool?
The plural of motor pool is motor pools.

Words near motor pool in the dictionary

  1. motor oils
  2. motor omnibus
  3. motor omnibuses
  4. motor plow
  5. motor plows
  6. motor pool
  7. motor pools
  8. motor protein
  9. motor proteins
  10. motor pulley
  11. motor pulleys

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