Olympic-size

[ uh-lim-pik-sahyz, oh-lim- ]

adjective

1. of the dimensions or length prescribed for the Olympic Games and other major athletic competitions:

   an Olympic-size speed-skating oval.

2. (of a swimming pool) having a length of 55 yards (50 meters) and a width of at least 23 yards (21 meters).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Olympic-size¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Oaks Christian opened in 2000 with state-of-the-art facilities, including an Olympic-size swimming pool, modern football stadium and a cafe serving gourmet coffee.

From Los Angeles Times

Weld County, where the farmworker event was held, is one of the nation’s top milk producers, supplying enough milk each month this year to fill about 45 Olympic-size swimming pools, according to U.S.

From Salon

The project aims to remove enough silt and filth from the Barra and Jacarepagua lagoons to fill 920 Olympic-size swimming pools.

From Seattle Times

The threshold the researchers used was the lowest detectable level of lead in the water tests, one part per billion -- roughly the equivalent of a half teaspoon of water in an Olympic-size swimming pool.

From Science Daily

Last year’s record snowmelt also meant managing 1 million acre-feet of water along the aqueduct, which is equivalent to filling about 493,617 Olympic-size swimming pools, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times