pool table

noun

1. a billiard table with six pockets, on which pool is played.

pool table

noun

1. a billiard table on which pool is played

Word History and Origins

Origin of pool table¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

With boyish energy, he settles onto a couch by a dusty pool table to explain his philosophy of NFT investing.

From Time

For years, Carman Alfonsi relied upon Facebook Marketplace to buy and sell used pool tables for his Michigan billiards business.

From ProPublica

For off-topic entertainment, guests can hang out in the newly finished attic Rowan calls Buffalo Bill’s Playhouse, which is outfitted with a giant TV, movies, a pool table and old-fashioned video games such as Pac-Man.

From Washington Post

Hunt was too nervous to talk to him, so Sudeikis took matters into his own hands, putting quarters on the pool table O’Brien was prowling and telling Hunt they had the next game with him.

From Washington Post

There is a cozy clubroom with a pool table and a tufted leather couch.

From The Daily Beast

A busted-but-playable, coin-operated pool table that no longer accepts any coins.

From The Daily Beast

Three faded posters of cartoon dogs wearing funny hats and vests huddled around a pool table smoking slims and drinking beer.

From The Daily Beast

I particularly liked his zebra skin rug, and the pool table laden with finger food to soak up all the alcohol.

From The Daily Beast

Captain Eri found a party with axes endeavoring to cut a hole through the side of the saloon in order to get out the pool table.

From Project Gutenberg

On the other side the bar extended beyond the partition and took up twenty feet of the hall, opposite the pool table.

From Project Gutenberg

The green clickers subsided near the end cushion of the pool table.

From Project Gutenberg

He himself, mounted on the pool-table, was beating time with a broken cue for a choir of sweet singers.

From Project Gutenberg

Then the three returned to Rogers apartment and spent an hour around the pool table.

From Project Gutenberg