any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls
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billiards::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | table game |
Examples of billiards
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Tap Room fries, billiards and live rock equals a guaranteed fun time in my book.
From the stltoday.com
A spokeswoman for the castle says the fire was concentrated in a billiards room.
From the washingtonpost.com
Maybe from watching my uncles compete in the bar at billiards with their friends.
From the telegraph.co.uk
That she played baseball, swam, entered a pocket-billiards contest, liked to box?
From the latimes.com
Carl Herkes poses in his new billiards room in his Rancho Santa Margarita home.
From the ocregister.com
A tri-level nightspot with 12 bowling lanes, billiards and plush leather lounges.
From the thestate.com
The second floor has a full dining room, plus a small bar and a billiards room.
From the sfgate.com
A rogue planet will plough into Earth in a cosmic re-creation of bar billiards.
From the guardian.co.uk
You can unwind between festival events playing pool in the groovy billiards room.
From the denverpost.com
- Any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls
- (billiard) of or relating to billiards; "a billiard ball"; "a billiard cue"; "a billiard table"
- Cue sports (sometimes written cuesports), also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber .
- This is a list of video games in the Simple series.
- (Billiard (number)) This article lists and discusses the usage and derivation of names of large numbers, together with their possible extensions.
- (UK) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table; (US) The collective noun for games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue
- (Billiard (Pipe)) A pipe shape with a slightly rounded bowl and straight stem.
- (Billiard) A shot where the cue ball collides first with one ball and then glances off to hit the object ball. (Carom shot)
- (Billiard) Special bar stool feature that incorporates cue stick holders, billiard themes, and traditional pool hall style.
