wading pool

noun

: a shallow pool of portable or permanent construction used by children for wading

Examples of wading pool in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Change the water in bird baths, fountains, wading pools and potted plant trays at least once a week, according to the EPA. Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024 Find it: 4001 S. 20th St in Milwaukee Sheridan Pool-Sheridan Park, Cudahy Cool off at the Sheridan Park Pool in Cudahy with a large swimming pool, flume slides, a water mushroom, wading pool and play area. Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2024 On Sunday morning, Roman Mathis, a farmer on the outskirts of the bucolic Swiss city of Basel, noted with concern that one of his cows was standing in a small wading pool filled with beans that had recently been installed next to his barn. Thomas Rogers, New York Times, 10 June 2024 On weekends, there are parties in their walled garden, with its wading pool and beds of dahlias and roses, or excursions to their nearby lake house. Giles Harvey, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for wading pool 

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Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wading pool was in 1921

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“Wading pool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wading%20pool. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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