The meaning of Billiard

noun

A game for two people, played on a billiard table, in which three balls are struck with cues into pockets round the edge of the tabl, with points scored by cannons, pocketing an object ball, or cannoning the cue ball into a pocket. in north america the game is known as english billiards.

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Guests can play billiards or table tennis

noun

A smooth rectangular cloth-covered table used for billiards, snooker, and some forms of pool, with six pockets at the corners and sides into which the balls can be struck.

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A billiard ball sitting on a billiard table needs to be struck in such a way to simultaneously redu…

adjective

Used in or relating to billiards (= a game played by two people on a table covered in green cloth, in which a long stick is used to hit balls into pockets around the table)

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A billiard table, a billiard ball, the billiard room of the athletic club is decorated with photos …