billiards

bil·liards  (blyrdz)

pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)

1. A game played on a rectangular cloth-covered table with raised cushioned edges, in which a cue is used to hit three small, hard balls against one another or the side cushions of the table.

2. One of several similar games, sometimes using a table with pockets, as in pool.

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[French billard, from bille, log; see billet².]

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billiards

Noun

a game in which a long cue is used to propel balls on a table [Old French billard curved stick]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

billiards - 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 table game - a game that is played on a table break - the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool carom, cannon - a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other masse, masse shot - a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball miscue - a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball cannon - make a cannon break - make the opening shot that scatters the balls carom - make a carom

Translations

billiards [ˈbɪljədz] n → billar m

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billiards [ˈbɪljədz] n → (jeu m de) billard m

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billiards [ˈbɪljədz] n → Billard nt

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billiards [ˈbɪljədz] n → biliardo

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billiards

n sg billiards [ˈbiljədz]

a game played with long thin sticks (cues) and balls, on a table. biljartspel لُعْبَةُ البلياردو билярд kulečník billiard das Billard μπιλιάρδο billar piljard بیلیارد biljardi billard בִּילָיארד बिलियर्ड biljar biliárd bilyar biljarður, knattborðsleikur, ballskák biliardo ビリアード 당구 bilijardas biljards permainan billiard biljart biljard bilard bilhar biliard бильярд biliard biljard bilijar biljard บิลเลียด bilardo (oyunu) 檯球 більярд ایک کھیل کا نام trò chơi bida 台球戏