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plunge pools

plunge pools is the plural of plunge pool.

Meaning of plunge pool

Noun

plunge pool (plural plunge pools)

  1. A pool that is small in diameter, but deep, usually resulting from erosion by a natural force such as a waterfall or rapids.
    • By about 450,000 years ago melting glaciers had created a gigantic lake to the north of the chalk ridge, which filled until water began to pour over in a series of cascades so immense that they created ʻplunge poolsʼ up to 140 metres deep at their bases.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 205
  2. A type of very deep swimming pool.

Questions about plunge pools

What is plunge pools the plural of?
Plunge pools is the plural of plunge pool.

Words near plunge pools in the dictionary

  1. plunge bra
  2. plunge bras
  3. plunge in
  4. plunge into
  5. plunge pool
  6. plunge pools
  7. plunge waterfall
  8. plunge waterfalls
  9. plungeable
  10. plunged
  11. plunged in

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