[U] a game for two people played with CUES (= long sticks) and three balls on a long table covered with green fabric. Players try to hit the balls against each other and into pockets at the edge of the table:
a game of billiards
comparePOOL, SNOOKER
billiard adjective [onlybeforenoun]:
a billiard cue
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