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carpool

[kahr-pool]

noun

  1. Also carpooling, car pooling. an arrangement among a group of automobile owners by which each owner in turn drives the others or their children to and from a designated place.

  2. those included in such an arrangement.



verb (used without object)

  1. Also car-pool to form or participate in a carpool.

carpool

/ ˈɑːˌː /

verb

  1. another term for carshare

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ˈˌǴDZԲ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of carpool1

First recorded in 1940–45; car 1 + pool 2
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Example Sentences

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Harris said another developer in the area started camouflaging his construction sites: hiding Porta Potties, removing construction fences and having workers park far away and carpool to the site so as not to attract attention.

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Once Hamby was acquired by the Sparks a year later, the two still weren’t close but would carpool on drives back to Vegas.

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Kardos was part of a carpool group with other families that took turns making the commute.

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A SigAlert was issued for the westbound 60 between Ramona Boulevard and east of Garey Avenue, and the carpool lane and two other lanes were closed, according to a CHP spokesperson.

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He was sitting in the carpool lane at Michael’s school, when he says it hit him like an epiphany.

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