billiard
Green felt game
Billiard relates to billiards, the game played on a cloth-covered table by striking balls with a cue stick: billiard table, billiard room, billiard ball.
The game itself is almost always billiards, with the singular form appearing mainly as a modifier.
A billiard can also name a specific shot where the cue ball strikes two other balls in succession.
Trigger for action
- chalkSoft sedimentary writing stone
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
- feltCompressed fiber textile
- slateFissile metamorphic rock
cloth · cushion · rack · triangle · pocket · cueball · eightball · bridge
Interrupt continuity
- masseSteep-cue curving shot
- jumpshotElevated basketball release
- caromAngled deflection shot
- englishSpin on struck ball
cut · draw · follow · stop · kick · combination · safety · scratch
Collective fund or basin
- snookerCue sport with reds
- eightballFinal pool ball sunk
- straightNot curved or crooked
- rotationTurning on an axis
cutthroat · stripes · solids · blackball · bar · rack · frame · inning
cue
Trigger for action
slate · cloth · cushion · rack · triangle · pocket · cueball · eightball · bridge · tip
break
Interrupt continuity
english · cut · draw · follow · stop · kick · combination · safety · scratch · miscue
pool
Collective fund or basin
rotation · cutthroat · stripes · solids · blackball · bar · rack · frame · inning
aim
Purpose or direction
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
positioning · finesse · concentration · judgment · pattern · strategy · tactics · defense · leave · shape
poolhall
Cue sports establishment
- parlorFormal room for visitors
- recreationRefreshment through leisure
- hustleEnergetic, aggressive action
sharking · tournament · league · bar · pub · club · wager · smoke · nightlife · hangout
- large numbersmillion, trillion, quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion
- billiards roomSpace for cue sports
- billiard ballsNumbered spheres for cue sports
- billiard tablePocketed gaming surface
- bald as a billiard ballTotally without hair
- billiard cuePocket game striker
- billiard hallCue sport establishment
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