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bil·liards (-yərdz)

noun

  1. a game played with three hard balls on a rectangular table covered with cloth, esp. baize, and having raised, cushioned edges: a long, tapering stick (called a cue) is used to hit and move the balls
  2. any of a number of similar games: pool is sometimes called pocket billiards

Etymology: Fr billard, the game; orig., a stick, cue < OFr bille: see billet

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billiards Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • English: Still the only in-depth guide to the technique and break-building of both snooker and English billiards that is currently available.

Modifies a noun

  • championship: Had he not left Wales it is likely he would have dominated the Welsh snooker and billiards championships for many years.

Noun used with modifier

  • bar: There's that increasing rarity, a bar billiards table, with a pool table in a separate room at the back.
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Billiards is very similar to snooker, except there are only three balls and no one watches it.

-Davis, Steve

Up, all of us, and to Billiards.

-Pepys, Samuel

It was remarked to me by the late Mr Charles Roupell†that to play billiards well was a sign of an ill- spent youth.

-Spencer, Herbert

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