pool table

American  

noun

• pool tables
  plural

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

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pool table British  

noun

1. a billiard table on which pool is played

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pool tables
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pool table

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

pool table

Back at the Calderwood Inn, Alexandra, 28, is at the pool table with her fiancé Andrew, 26.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

One of the many entertaining areas features a second bar and a pool table, making it the perfect place to welcome guests.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025

Still, I was amazed to see that the Chicken Box, a dive bar with live music and a pool table had survived.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2024

The centerpiece of the basement was an old pool table that D’Avanzo was planning to discard if he could find some way to move it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

He was a short fat man with a sweat-stained T-shirt and a red beard, who looked as if he’d spent many fine evenings with his friends around the pool table at the Boulder Tap.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt