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billiards

noun/ˈbɪljədz/ (BIL-yuhdz)Level B2
billiards meaning picture: Two friends playing billiards on a green-felt table in a dimly lit old Indian club room with a hanging lamp above
Picture meaning of “billiards” — a table game played by hitting balls with a long stick called a cue

a table game played by hitting balls with a long stick called a cue

Billiards is a game played on a large flat table where players use a long cue to hit balls into pockets or against each other.

billiards meaning in Hindi

क्यू नाम की लंबी छड़ी से गेंदों को मारकर खेला जाने वाला मेज़ का खेल

Billiards एक बड़ी सपाट मेज़ पर खेला जाने वाला खेल है जिसमें खिलाड़ी क्यू नाम की लंबी छड़ी से गेंदों को जेबों में या एक-दूसरे से टकराने के लिए मारते हैं।

Examples

  1. The old club still has a beautiful wooden billiards table from the British era.पुराने क्लब में अभी भी ब्रिटिश ज़माने की एक ख़ूबसूरत लकड़ी की बिलियर्ड्स टेबल है।
  2. He spent his college evenings playing billiards with friends in the campus recreation room.उसने कॉलेज की शामें कैंपस के मनोरंजन कक्ष में दोस्तों के साथ बिलियर्ड्स खेलते हुए बिताईं।

Synonyms & antonyms

snooker (related)pool (related)

Memory trick

BILLIARDS: balls click across green felt under bright lights.

💡 Did you know?

Billiards tables are covered in green cloth, a colour chosen long ago because the game began as an indoor version of lawn games played on grass.

Word origin

From French billard, related to bille ('ball') and possibly billette ('stick'). It came to name both the cue and the table game.

billiards meaning in other languages

Hindi · हिन्दीक्यू नाम की लंबी छड़ी से गेंदों को मारकर खेला जाने वाला मेज़ का खेल
Arabic · العربيةلعبة طاولة تُلعب بضرب الكرات بعصا طويلة تسمى العصا (كيو)
French · Françaisun jeu de table où l'on frappe des billes avec un long bâton appelé queue
Indonesian · Bahasa Indonesiapermainan meja yang dimainkan dengan memukul bola menggunakan tongkat panjang yang disebut cue
Chinese · 中文用一根叫球杆的长杆击打球的桌上游戏

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