baize
Americannoun
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a soft, usually green, woolen or cotton fabric resembling felt, used chiefly for the tops of billiard tables.
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an article of this fabric or of a fabric resembling it.
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of baize
1570–80; earlier bayes < French baies (noun), Old French ( estoffes fabrics) baies, feminine plural of bai (adj.) bay 5
Example Sentences
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One Labour source joked, "there are rumours that they've brought an ouija board through the green baize door to consult Clem Atlee and Harold Wilson".
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Like most sports, women's snooker ground to a halt when the coronavirus pandemic struck but after an 18-month break, England's top competitors are back on the baize.
From BBC • Aug. 10, 2021
He was tall and beautiful and wore things like capes and bottle-green suits made from the baize that covers billiard tables.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2016
Other parts of the baize had readings of 2,300 counts a second.
From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2016
Each man stared at his hands on the table; you could have heard a mosquito crawling across the green baize.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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