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wading pool

NOUN
shallow pool
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“It’s the size of a lake but it’s not deep. ... It’s more like a very, very large riverbed without the flow — a wading pool maybe.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

At one elementary school off Portobello Road, staff had set up a wading pool, and the children could be heard splashing and laughing up the street.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2022

The Flower Hill Swimming Pool complex has three pools: a wading pool, lap pool and 50-meter pool featuring 25 metered lap lanes, a children’s area and diving well.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2022

We watched two bears tussling in a bear-size wading pool with their water toys, not unlike some children I know.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2021

There was a tire swing, a mini-trampoline, and a wading pool.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter