carpool

[ kahr-pool ]
/ ˈkɑrˌpul /

noun Also car pool.

Also car·pool·ing, 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.
those included in such an arrangement.

verb (used without object)

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

Origin of carpool

First recorded in 1940–45; car1 + pool2

Words nearby carpool

carpogonium, carpology, carpometacarpal, carpometacarpal joint, carpometacarpus, carpool, carpooler, carpopedal, carpopedal spasm, carpophagous, carpophore

Example sentences from the Web for car-pool

  • Most of those which had been rented for the day had been returned to the car-pool garages.

    Expediter |Dallas McCord Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for car-pool

carpool
/ (ˈkɑːˌpuːl) /

verb, noun

another term for carshare

Derived forms of carpool

carpooling, noun