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billiard

The correct spelling is billiard.

How to pronounce billiard

/ˈbɪl.i.ə(ɹ)d/
noun

IPA: /ˈbɪl.i.ə(ɹ)d/

Say it like: Bil-lia-rd

The correct spelling is billiard. A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue ball strikes two other balls; a carom. For example: "a billiard table; a billiard ball"

Usage Examples

a billiard table; a billiard ball

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A shot in billiards or snooker in which the cue ball strikes two other balls; a carom.
  2. 2.Pertaining to the game of billiards.
  3. 3.A dynamical system in which a particle alternates between motion in a straight line and specular reflections from a boundary.

numeral

  1. 1.1015, a thousand billion (long scale) or a million milliard.

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