billard — meaning in English
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English meaning
- billiards noun A cue sport played on a table with balls that are struck to score points, in various forms such as pool and snooker.
- pool noun A small body of still water, or a purpose-built structure for swimming.
- snooker noun A cue sport played on a large table with 22 balls, popular in the UK and Commonwealth.
Senses
billard is used for these senses in English:
- billiards (games, British) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.
- operating table A table on which a patient lies during a surgical operation.
- pool (sport) A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour or solids, 7 of another color or stripes, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.
- pool table A table used for playing pool.
- snooker A cue sport, popular in the UK and other Commonwealth of Nations countries.
pool — full definition
- noun A small body of still water, or a purpose-built structure for swimming.
- noun A shared supply of money, resources, or people available for a common purpose.
- verb To combine resources or money for a shared purpose.
- noun A cue sport played on a table with 15 numbered balls, popular in bars and clubs.