swimming pool
compound.compound. A special container or area built and filled with water for people to swim in.
compound. A man-made structure, typically a tank or basin, designed and constructed to hold water for recreational or competitive swimming.
The hotel has a big swimming pool.
On hot summer days, the public swimming pool is always crowded with families.
The new sports complex features an Olympic-sized swimming pool designed for international competitions and public use.
This is a compound noun where 'swimming' describes the purpose of the 'pool'.
Highlight the primary stress on 'SWIMMING pool', a key feature of English compound nouns that distinguishes them from adjective + noun phrases.
a pool for to swima swimming poolTo describe the pool's purpose, use the gerund 'swimming' before the noun 'pool'.