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billiard

noun

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

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The feature, directed by Phil Giordano, follows Aya (Loisa Andalio), a young girl from Manila’s slums who dreams of becoming a billiards world champion but is manipulated by her hustler uncle Itoy, played by Arcilla, into playing dangerous underground gambling matches after her father’s murder. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Nov. 2025 One spring when Yazid was seventeen or eighteen, the Nazimuddin College boys developed a passion for carrom board, poor man’s billiards, played on a plywood square by knocking round wooden pucks into corner pockets with a plastic striker. Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025 Other features include a main-level primary suite, two offices, a home theater, entertainment area with a billiards lounge with full bar; spacious kitchen; formal and informal living areas and a playroom. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 21 Nov. 2025 On the 10,500-square-foot residence’s lower level is the recreational zone of any game lover’s dreams, complete with a billiards room, an arcade, a gym, and a bar. India Roby, Architectural Digest, 12 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for billiard

Word History

First Known Use

1580, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 27 Nov. 2025.

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