billiard table

American  

noun

1. an oblong table with a slate surface covered by a cloth and enclosed by a raised rim of vulcanized rubber, for use in playing billiards.

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Etymology

Origin of billiard table

First recorded in 1635–45

Example Sentences

Built in 2020, the Clarendon Apartments in Woodland Hills feature poolside cabanas, a fire pit terrace and 24-hour community room with a kitchen and a billiard table.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025

The result -- see the figure below -- is that the effective size of the billiard table gets smaller and smaller.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024

He pointed instead to the new karaoke disco light, the billiard table and exercise bikes.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2022

He told me that he liked my video about the double pentagon surface, and that we should work together to understand billiards on the regular pentagon billiard table.

From Scientific American • May 23, 2020

Holding it in her right hand, she places her left palm down on the billiard table, over the scattered cards.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern