- billiard
- noun
Date: 1580
— used as an attributive form of billiards <a billiard ball>
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Billiard — or billiards may refer to: * A Cuegloss|Billiard|billiard, a type of shot in cue sports (see below) * Billiards: Cue sports in general, including pool, carom billiards, snooker, etc. The term billiards by itself is also sometimes used to refer to … Wikipedia
Billiard — Bil liard, a. Of or pertaining to the game of billiards. Smooth as is a billiard ball. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
billiard — singular of BILLIARDS (Cf. billiards), used only in combinations … Etymology dictionary
billiard — [bil′yərd] adj. of or for billiards n. Billiards CAROM … English World dictionary
Billiard — Un billiard vaut 1015 : 1 000 000 000 000 000, soit 1000 billions. Par exemple, « 1 288 269 950 042 115 » représente 1 billiard 288 billions 269 milliards 950 millions 42 mille 115. Pour exprimer un nombre de cet ordre de grandeur … Wikipédia en Français
billiard — adjective of or relating to billiards a billiard ball a billiard cue a billiard table • Pertains to noun: ↑billiards … Useful english dictionary
Billiard — Recorded in many spelling forms including Bullard, Ballard, Belward, Bellyard, Billiard, Billyard, and Bellard, this is an early English surname. It is or rather was, a nickname, and as such one of a sizeable group of early surnames that were… … Surnames reference
billiard — bil•liard [[t]ˈbɪl yərd[/t]] adj. 1) gam of, for, or used in billiards: billiard ball; billiard parlor[/ex] 2) gam carom 1) • Etymology: 1630–40; < F billard cue … From formal English to slang
billiard — adj. Billiard is used with these nouns: ↑table … Collocations dictionary
Billiard — Billard Zum einen Schreibfehler aufgrund der Aussprache, zum anderen falsche Übertragung von engl. billiard … Korrektes Schreiben
