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

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pool table

The grand living room has a double-height ceiling, arched windows, French doors, robin’s-egg blue wall, a purple tufted bar, and a pink, lavender, and fuchsia pool table.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2025

There are also office perks including a pool table, table football, running and ice bathing clubs, and in true Finnish-style, a sauna.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2025

Growing up as an only child, Lorell spent hours playing on her aunt’s pool table.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024

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

He’d laid it on the edge of the pool table and the coal had burned down to the wood; a charred spot was spreading on the varnish.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt