lap pool

noun

A swimming pool in the shape of a rectangle with narrow width and extended length, designed for swimming back and forth along the length in order to practice laps.

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Meanings

nounlap pool (plural lap pools)

plural lap pools · alternative lap-pool

  1. A swimming pool in the shape of a rectangle with narrow width and extended length, designed for swimming back and forth along the length in order to practice laps.

    If you like working out, you'll appreciate its 15000-square-foot fitness center and two-lane lap pool.

    2002 May 28, Marci Alboher Nusbaum, “Travel: On the Ground in Philadelphia”, in New York Times, retrieved 24 Jul 2011
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APA

lap pool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lap%20pool

MLA

“lap pool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lap%20pool. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lap pool,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lap%20pool.

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