This is the 6693rd most frequent Russian word.
pool
The Russian word "пул" (pool) means a collective resource or group, such as a fund, team, or shared assets.
Here, 'бассейн' means a swimming pool, a facility designed for swimming purposes.
Вчера я ходил в бассейн плавать.
Yesterday I went to the pool to swim.
Here, 'пул' refers to a shared resource pool in a figurative sense, describing a collective set of resources or assets.
Команда создаёт общий пул ресурсов для проекта.
The team is creating a shared pool of resources for the project.
In this context, 'раковина' (sink) is addressed, but it's a different type of container or pool, not a swimming pool as in the previous example.