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n [U] (BrE)
a game played mainly in pubs on a special table. Players use cues (= long wooden rods) to try to hit balls into holes on the surface of the table.
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bar billiards
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bar billiards — bar ,billiards noun uncount a game like BILLIARDS in which long sticks are used for pushing balls into holes on a table … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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bar billiards — noun A game resembling billiards, sometimes found in public houses, with pegs and holes in the surface of the table instead of side and corner pockets … Wiktionary
bar billiards — plural noun [treated as sing.] Brit. a form of billiards played on a small table, in which balls are struck into holes guarded by pegs … English new terms dictionary
bar billiards — UK / US noun [uncountable] a game like billiards that is played in some pubs in which long sticks are used for pushing balls into holes on a table … English dictionary
bar billiards — noun (U) a game played in pubs in Britain in which players use long sticks to push balls into holes on a table … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bar billiards — /ˈba bɪljədz/ (say bah bilyuhdz) noun a table game in which short cues are used to pocket balls in holes that are guarded by wooden pegs, the pocketed balls scoring various points …
BAR — 1. n., v., & prep. n. 1 a long rod or piece of rigid wood, metal, etc., esp. used as an obstruction, confinement, fastening, weapon, etc. 2 a something resembling a bar in being (thought of as) straight, narrow, and rigid (bar of soap; bar of… … Useful english dictionary
