Look up: billiards

1. billiards
   [n] - 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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2. billiards
   usually hand-operated,for recording the score Category: Standards, measures and testing
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3. Billiards
   Bil'liards noun [ French billiard billiards, Old French billart staff, cue form playing, from bille log. See Billet a stick.] A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. Th...
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4. billiards
   noun 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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5. Billiards
   • (n.) A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished.
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6. billiards
   any of various games played on a rectangular table with a designated number of small balls and a long stick called a cue. The table and the ... [14 related articles]
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7. billiards
   billiards, any one of a number of games played with a tapered, leather-tipped stick called a cue and various numbers of balls on a rectangular, cloth-covered slate table with raised and cushioned edges. Games similar to billiards were popular in England and France in the 16th cent., and evidence eve...
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8. Billiards
   Billiards is a formerly well-known game, the origin of billiards is not clearly established, nor is it known in what country it was first played. England, France, and Italy seem to have about equal claims, though Bouillet, a French writer in the Academie des Jeux, ascribes the invention to England. ...
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9. billiards
   Indoor game played, normally by two players, with tapered poles (cues) and composition balls (one red, two white) on a rectangular table covered with a green, felt-like cloth (baize). The table has six pockets, one at each corner and in each of the long sides at the middle. Scoring strokes are made by potting the red ball, potting the opponent&...
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10. Billiards
    [disambiguation] Kyle Renninger, 2007 ...
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