carpool

car +‎ pool

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carpool (plural carpools)

1. An arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car in order to save costs, reduce pollution etc.

   The neighbors decided on a carpool to get their kids to school, so that they wouldn't each have to drive every day.

2. The group of people who participate in such a pool.

• (arrangement to travel together): lift scheme

• (arrangement to travel together): rideshare

• carpool lane

carpool (third-person singular simple present carpools, present participle carpooling, simple past and past participle carpooled)

1. To travel together in such a pool.

• carpooling
• vanpool

• copolar

carpool m (plural carpools)

1. carpool