maximum breaks

A form of maximum break — The highest score possible in one visit to the table in a frame of snooker, 147 in normal circumstances (excluding the case where the break starts with a free ball), achieved by potting all fifteen reds with fifteen blacks and then the six colours in order.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of maximum break
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