carpool B2 Topic:Transportation US /ˈkɑːpuːl/ See IPA manual Freq #24928 Meanings 1 noun An arrangement where several people travel together in one car to save money and reduce traffic. The neighbours set up a carpool to take their kids to school. 2 verb To travel together in one car as a shared arrangement. We carpool to work to save on fuel. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an arrangement where... lift scheme Word family Derived forms carpoolerfampool Etymology AI details From car + pool. Topics Transportation External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # carpool **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈkɑːpuːl/ **Frequency rank:** 24928 ## Meanings 1. An arrangement where several people travel together in one car to save money and reduce traffic. 2. To travel together in one car as a shared arrangement. ## Examples - The neighbours set up a carpool to take their kids to school. - We carpool to work to save on fuel. ## Derived Forms - carpooler - fampool ## Etymology From car + pool. ## AI Etymology Carpool is from car plus pool. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a noun and a verb, carpool denotes an arrangement where several people travel together in one car to save money and reduce traffic and to travel together in one car as a shared arrangement. The same word family continues in derived forms such as carpooler and fampool. ## Topics - Transportation markdown