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carpoolan arrangement in which a group of people take turns driving each other or their children to and from a regular destination

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: an arrangement in which a group of people take turns driving each other or their children to and from a regular destination

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈkɑːrpuːl/

Korean meaning: 사람들이 번갈아 가며 차를 운전해서 정기적으로 같은 목적지에 가는 교통 공유 시스템

Korean pronunciation: **카**풀

Example Sentences

  • Mom's carpool duty turned into a comedy show when she accidentally picked up the wrong kids from soccer practice.
  • The carpool conversation topics range from weather to world politics, depending on who's driving.
  • Our carpool group has strict rules: no eating smelly food and no singing off-key.

carpool

NOUN

//ˈkɑːrpuːl//

an arrangement in which a group of people take turns driving each other or their children to and from a regular destination

carpool concept
💡 Concept

Parents organize a carpool to share school transportation duties

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carpool rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Carpool saves fuel, and that's so cool!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈkɑːrpuːl/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈkɑːpuːl/

🌳Etymology

Rootcar
Suffix-pool

Origin

1960년대 미국에서 'car'와 'pool'을 결합하여 만들어진 합성어로, 여러 사람이 자동차를 공유한다는 의미에서 유래

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🎵Rhyme

fuelcoolpooltoolrule
fuel
cool
pool
tool
rule

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

Mom's carpool duty turned into a comedy show when she accidentally picked up the wrong kids from soccer practice.

The carpool conversation topics range from weather to world politics, depending on who's driving.

😄 Fun example

Our carpool group has strict rules: no eating smelly food and no singing off-key.

The company encourages employees to carpool by providing reserved parking spaces.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

ridesharecar sharingride-sharingshared ride

Antonyms

solo drivingindividual transport

Related

vanpoolpublic transportcommuteHOV laneride-hailing