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pocket billiards

pocket billiards noun: any of a family of billiards games played on a specific class of billiards table, having six receptacles called pockets along the rails, into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play.

Noun

pocket billiards (uncountable)

  1. Any of a family of billiards games played on a specific class of billiards table, having six receptacles called pockets along the rails, into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play.
    Synonyms:
    pool, pocket pool
  2. (slang) Synonym of pocket pool (“masturbation through a trouser pocket”)
    Synonyms:
    pocket pool

Synonyms of pocket billiards

Questions about pocket billiards

What does pocket billiards mean?
Pocket billiards means any of a family of billiards games played on a specific class of billiards table, having six receptacles called pockets along the rails, into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play.
What part of speech is pocket billiards?
Pocket billiards is a noun.

Words near pocket billiards in the dictionary

  1. pocket battleships
  2. pocket beach
  3. pocket beaches
  4. pocket bike
  5. pocket bikes
  6. pocket billiards
  7. pocket book
  8. pocket books
  9. pocket borough
  10. pocket boroughs
  11. pocket bra

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