Definitions
A family of cue sports played on a cloth-covered table with balls.
Word origin
From French billard, 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
“He was playing billiards in the casino.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Table game with cues”9 letters
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