billiard
[
bil
-yerd]
/ˈbɪl yərd/
adjective
1.
of or used in billiards.
noun
2.
carom
(def 1).
Origin
1630-40;
<
French
billard
cue, equivalent to
bille
stick (see
billet
2
) +
-ard
-ard
Examples from the web for
billiard
The impulse of one
billiard
-ball is attended with motion in the second.
Newspapers printed in various languages are spread out on an old
billiard
table.
Straight calculus does provide for such a continuous view of the movement of, say, a
billiard
ball.
It had a well-stocked bar with boxy sofas and a
billiard
room, and was half empty: a cliché, in other words.
On a vast and otherwise empty plane of beach flat as a
billiard
table, four images are dispersed.
British Dictionary definitions for
billiard
billiard
/
ˈbɪljəd
/
noun
1.
(
modifier
) of or relating to billiards:
a billiard table,
a billiard cue,
a billiard ball
Word Origin and History for
billiard
singular of
billiards
, used only in combinations.