public pool

Municipal bathing facility

A public pool is a swimming pool open to the general public, typically operated by a municipality or community organization.

Public pools charge modest admission fees or are free, distinguishing them from private club pools.

They often serve as summer gathering spots in neighborhoods: The kids spent every afternoon at the public pool.

The term sometimes appears in discussions of shared civic spaces and their maintenance.

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Opposites
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Exclusive residential swimming area

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setting and scale

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Natural place to swim

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Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G