Meanings
- UKuncountableA game resembling billiards, sometimes found in public houses, with pegs and holes in the surface of the table instead of side and corner pockets.
Synonyms: bumper pool
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA game resembling billiards, sometimes found in public houses, with pegs and holes in the surface of the table instead of side and corner pockets.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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bar billiards. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar%20billiards
“bar billiards.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar%20billiards. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bar billiards,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bar%20billiards.
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