billiard

noun

bil·​liard ˈbi(l)-yərd How to pronounce billiard (audio)
used as an attributive form of billiards
a billiard ball

Examples of billiard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The vibe is cocktail lounge — complete with a billiards table — and certainly not airport. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2024 According to the Airbnb listing, the large house sleeps up to 16 guests and boasts several amenities, including a billiard room, a gym and spa, a steam room and a children’s play area. Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024 Using the quantum wave-particle duality, in which matter behaves both like tiny billiard balls and wave packets, engineers can then use lasers and magnetic fields to split the BEC cloud into two or more coherent matter-wave packets. IEEE Spectrum, 3 June 2024 For now, the spectacle in Spain and Portugal reminds us that Earth is a participant in the solar system’s never-ending game of planetary billiards, and that working to find as many killer space rocks as possible is a task of the utmost importance. Robin George Andrews, New York Times, 20 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for billiard 

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Word History

First Known Use

1580, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of billiard was in 1580

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“Billiard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/billiard. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.

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