Cowpool

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pond used by cows.

    "Dried snot on the marijuana pipe tossed into the cowpool built with government subsidy on a Vermont commune."

  2. 2
    A group that engages in cowpooling.

    "Others have created so-called "cowpools" to divvy up an entire animal and dole out cuts of meat."

Verb
  1. 1
    To jointly purchase all or part of a butchered cow with one or more additional parties and split the meat.

    "Brandee Callahan, 32, has lived in Huntersville for about two years and has ordered from GO Local for a year. She cowpools about every three months and supplements with smaller orders."

Example

More examples

"Dried snot on the marijuana pipe tossed into the cowpool built with government subsidy on a Vermont commune."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From cow + pool (“small body of water”).

Etymology 2

From cow + pool (“to put together”), by analogy with carpool.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.