Meanings
plural wordpools
- educationA random collection of words, used as inspiration for writing.
A wordpool can contain big or small words, foreign words, misspelled words, anything your heart desires.
2008, Brigid Lowry, Juicy Writing, →ISBN, page 581 more example
Give the example first and make it clear that learners can use the same word from the wordpool in different sentences and can use the same word twice...
1998, Ruth Gairns, Stuart Redman, True to life: English for adult learners
Origin
Compound formed from word + pool.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
wordpool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wordpool
“wordpool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wordpool. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wordpool,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wordpool.
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