Definition of billiards Billiards
/bɪˈljɚdz/ - [bilyerdz] - bil•liards
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What does billiards mean?
WordNet
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| 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 an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned" | ||
| 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 | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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billiards
bil′yardz, n. a game played with a cue or mace and balls on a table having pockets at the sides and corners.—adj. Bill′iard.—n. Bill′iard-mark′er, a person who marks the points made by the players. [Fr. billard—bille, a ball.]
