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US /ˈswɪm.ɪŋ ˌpuːl/ 
UK /ˈswɪm.ɪŋ ˌpuːl/ 

Oxford Essential Dictionary

swimming pool

 (also pool) noun
a place that is built for people to swim in:
an open-air swimming pool

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

swimming pool

ˈswimming pool BrE AmE noun [countable]
a structure that has been built and filled with water for people to swim in SYN pool

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

swimming pool

ˈswimming pool [swimming pool swimming pools]       (also pool) noun
1. an area of water that has been created for people to swim in
an indoor/outdoor swimming pool
a heated swimming pool

an open-air swimming pool

2. the building that contains a public swimming pool

She trained five times a week at her local swimming pool.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

ˈ swimming ˌ pool noun [ C ]

A1 an artificial area of water for swimming, or a building containing this:

an indoor/outdoor swimming pool

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

swimming pool

(swimming pools)

A swimming pool is a large hole in the ground that has been made and filled with water so that people can swim in it.

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

swimming pool

swimming pool noun, pl ~ pools [count] : a large structure that is filled with water and that is used for swimming
• Our neighbors have a swimming pool in their backyard.
• a public swimming pool