swimming pool

Also known as swim pool, swimming bath, pool

excavation or containment structure filled with water and used for swimming

AI overview

A swimming pool is a man-made structure that holds water and is designed for people to swim in. Pools matter because they provide spaces for recreation, exercise, and leisure activities that many people enjoy.

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Within Vinony's link graph, swimming pool is referenced by 2,291 other articles, and connects out to Olympic-size swimming pool, ozone and Guinness World Records.

It sits within the topics Bodies of water, Garden features and Sports venues by type.

Its subject is documented across 81 Wikipedia language editions.

Research

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Image: Swimming pool Gan Shmuel.jpg

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OpenStreetMap tag: amenity=swimming_pool
Commons category: Swimming pools
Commons gallery: Swimming pool
hashtag: pool
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000965
catalog code: 1
operating cost: 1450

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Encyclopedic overview

Backyard swimming pool Olympic-size swimming pool and starting blocks at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre used for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia

A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a man-made structure designed to hold water to enable swimming and associated activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built above ground (as a freestanding construction or as part of a building or other larger structure), and may be found as a feature aboard ships. In-ground pools are most commonly constructed from materials such as concrete, natural stone, metal, plastic, composite or fiberglass, and may follow a standardized size, the largest of which is the Olympic-size swimming pool, or be of a custom shape.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “swimming pool” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.