billiard table
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of billiard table
First recorded in 1635–45
Example Sentences
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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
Additionally, contrary to what happens on an ordinary billiard table, the self-avoiding ball is not equally likely to end up just anywhere.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024
Before us was a 40-hectare expanse of wheat on the neighbouring farm, as evenly green as a billiard table.
From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2019
By comparison, Industry City has a tenant lounge with a coffee bar and billiard table, a tenant gym, and a five-acre courtyard where tenants can mingle.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2018
He was practising strokes, looking very fragile under the light that came down above the billiard table.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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