pool table

noun

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

Origin of pool table

First recorded in 1855–60

Words Nearby pool table

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How to use pool table in a sentence

With boyish energy, he settles onto a couch by a dusty pool table to explain his philosophy of NFT investing.
NFT Art Collectors Are Playing a Risky Game—And Winning | Raisa Bruner | December 9, 2021 | Time
For years, Carman Alfonsi relied upon Facebook Marketplace to buy and sell used pool tables for his Michigan billiards business.
Facebook Grew Marketplace to 1 Billion Users. Now Scammers Are Using It to Target People Around the World. | by Craig Silverman, A.C. Thompson and Peter Elkind | September 22, 2021 | 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.
Remember the creepy house from ‘The Silence of the Lambs’? Now it’s a vacation rental. | Kellie B. Gormly | September 9, 2021 | 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.
‘Ted Lasso,’ built on charm and empathy, won over America. It won over the soccer world, too. | Thomas Floyd | July 22, 2021 | Washington Post
There is a cozy clubroom with a pool table and a tufted leather couch.
The Secret Speakeasies of Buenos Aires | Jeff Campagna | February 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

A busted-but-playable, coin-operated pool table that no longer accepts any coins.
Half of This Bar Is in Slovenia, the Other Half Is in Croatia | Jeff Campagna | January 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Three faded posters of cartoon dogs wearing funny hats and vests huddled around a pool table smoking slims and drinking beer.
Half of This Bar Is in Slovenia, the Other Half Is in Croatia | Jeff Campagna | January 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
I particularly liked his zebra skin rug, and the pool table laden with finger food to soak up all the alcohol.
Stalking the Literary Lion | Liesl Schillinger | March 20, 2011 | 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.
Cap'n Eri | Joseph Crosby Lincoln
On the other side the bar extended beyond the partition and took up twenty feet of the hall, opposite the pool table.
Stepsons of Light | Eugene Manlove Rhodes
The green clickers subsided near the end cushion of the pool table.
Lady Luck | Hugh Wiley
He himself, mounted on the pool-table, was beating time with a broken cue for a choir of sweet singers.
Harvard Stories | Waldron Kintzing Post
Then the three returned to Rogers apartment and spent an hour around the pool table.
The Black Star | Johnston McCulley

British Dictionary definitions for pool table

pool table

noun

a billiard table on which pool is played

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