billiards

1. 1.

   any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls

   Broadertable game

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Other forms of billiards

plural

billiards(unchanged)

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about billiards

What does billiards mean?

billiards means "any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls".

How many syllables are in billiards?

billiards has 2 syllables: bil-liards. The stress falls on "bil". In IPA it is /ˈbɪljɚdz/.

Is billiards a common word?

billiards is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.