Main Entry: bil·liards

Pronunciation: \-yərdz\

Function: noun plural but singular in construction

Etymology: Middle French billard billiard cue, billiards, from bille wooden stick, log — more at billet

Date: 1580

: any of several games played on an oblong table by driving small balls against one another or into pockets with a cue; specifically : a game in which one scores by causing a cue ball to hit in succession two object balls — compare pool