cowpool

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noun

A pond used by cows.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

cowpool1

nouncowpool (plural cowpools)

plural cowpools

  1. 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

cowpool2

nouncowpool (plural cowpools)

plural cowpools

  1. 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
verbcowpool (third-person singular simple present cowpools, present participle cowpooling, simple past and past participle cowpooled)

present singular third person cowpools · participle present cowpooling · participle past cowpooled · past cowpooled

  1. 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

Origin

cowpool · noun

From cow + pool (“small body of water”).

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cowpool · noun, verb

From cow + pool (“to put together”), by analogy with carpool.

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Cite this entry
APA

cowpool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowpool

MLA

“cowpool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowpool. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cowpool,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowpool.

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