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billiard

[ bil-yerd ]

adjective

  1. of or used in billiards.


billiard

/ ˈbɪljəd /

noun

  1. modifier of or relating to billiards

    a billiard cue

    a billiard ball

    a billiard table

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of billiard1

1630–40; < French billard cue, equivalent to bille stick ( billet 2 ) + -ard -ard
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Example Sentences

Particles act like billiard balls or waves on water, depending how you probe them.

For example, something tiny like an electron can act like a particle–getting shot through space and colliding with other particles like billiard balls.

The story of commercial plastics began in the 1860s, when John Wesley Hyatt, seeking a substitute for the ivory popularly used in billiard balls, landed on a material later called celluloid.

His lordship retired shortly to his study, Hetton and Mr. Haggard betook themselves to the billiard-room.

When his lordship retired early, as was his custom, the other men adjourned once more to the billiard-room.

Longcluse had made up his mind promptly on the night of the billiard-match played in the Saloon Tavern.

The improvement has come at last, and these streets are now almost of a billiard-table smoothness.

Its water in a general way moves as does a billiard ball when it flies from one cushion to another.

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