wading pool

noun

1. a small, shallow pool for children to wade and play in.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wading pool¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

There’s a spacious garden with a small wading pool, beehives, a sprawling greenhouse and beds of flowers tended by camp prisoners.

From New York Times

It is, in fact, an existing concrete slab on the edge of the soccer pitch, adjacent to the baseball fields, around the corner from the bathrooms, a little way away from the wading pool, and just down the bluff from the playground and covered picnic areas.

From Seattle Times

The husband-and-wife team of Avery and Ashley Hardin have settled into their new digs across the street from the Green Lake Park Wading Pool, occupying a slip of a space that was most recently a Mexican restaurant.

From Seattle Times

The restroom renovation was scheduled ahead of the play area so the public will have access to it and the wading pool through the summer.

From Seattle Times

Inside was the same photo of the child in the wading pool, but altered to change the background, add a shirt and smooth her hair.

From Seattle Times