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billiard

Best crossword clue

"Related to cue sports"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɪlɪəd/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abdiillrStarts with BEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. of or relating to billiards

Word origin

From French billard with the insertion of the second i and orthographic representation of the French palatalized /j/ sound, originally referring to the wooden cue stick, diminutive of Old French bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile (“large tree, tree trunk”)), from Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yos (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

Used in a sentence

  • a billiard table; a billiard ball

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