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anchor space

anchor space noun: in the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 × 3½ inches, lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line. Object balls in an anchor space are treated as in balk.

Noun

anchor space (plural anchor spaces)

  1. In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 × 3½ inches, lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line. Object balls in an anchor space are treated as in balk.

Forms of anchor space

pluralanchor spaces

Questions about anchor space

What does anchor space mean?
Anchor space means in the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 × 3½ inches, lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line. Object balls in an anchor space are treated as in balk.
What part of speech is anchor space?
Anchor space is a noun.
What is the plural of anchor space?
The plural of anchor space is anchor spaces.

Words near anchor space in the dictionary

  1. anchor ring
  2. anchor rings
  3. anchor seine
  4. anchor shot
  5. anchor shots
  6. anchor space
  7. anchor spaces
  8. anchor store
  9. anchor stores
  10. anchor tenant
  11. anchor tenants

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