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noun

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

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Origin of pool table

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby pool table

pool hall, Pool Malebo, poolroom, pools, poolside, pool table, pool train, poon, Poona, poonce, poontang

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

Flesh encircled him at the main pool of the Paradise Hotel and Residences at Boca.
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Marvin takes off his T-shirt and dives into his swimming pool.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He gets up and goes over to their table and introduces himself, and he says, ‘Hello, I’m Oliver Reed.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Joel Osteen wants to talk about muting your cell phone at the dinner table.
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters|James Poulos|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A sepia photo shows him as a young boy, head in his hands, with a large book open at a bar table.
The Bars That Made America Great|Nina Strochlic|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
There were at least a dozen ladies seated round the big table at the Parsonage.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Big Reginald took their lives at pool, and pocketed their half-crowns in an easy genial way, which almost made losing a pleasure.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Miss Smith immediately rises from the table, puts up her dear little mouth to her papa to be kissed.
Physiology of The Opera|John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")

British Dictionary definitions for pool table

pool table

noun

a billiard table on which pool is played

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