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backgammon

The correct spelling is backgammon.

How to pronounce backgammon

noun

IPA: /ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən/

Say it like: Bak-gam-mon

The correct spelling is backgammon. A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's piec…

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
  2. 2.A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.

verb

  1. 1.To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.

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