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noun
Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
An outdoor swimming pool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
Clipping of lidocaine
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of Lightweight Information Describing Objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of Large inclination Distant Objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
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noun
a recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: recreational facility, recreation facility
History
After Lido (Lido di Venezia), an island with a long beach in Venice, Italy, site of Europe’s first modern beach resort (1857), from Italian lido (“beach, shore”), from Latin litus (“shore”) (hence also English littoral (“of the shore”)). The name is aspirational, evoking glamorous Venice; compare Venetian Pool, another outdoor pool named for Venice.
Across languages
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