backgammon
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24…A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
» I haven't played backgammon in ages.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
Backgammon
на́рдыnárdy, триктра́кtriktrák
на́рдиnárdy
a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
(countable, uncountable)A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
Examples
24 sentencesI haven't played backgammon in ages.
I'm not very good at backgammon.
Let's either play backgammon or chess.
Let's play either backgammon or chess.
Tom and Mary are playing backgammon.
Translations
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Origin
Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).
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Forms
plural: backgammons| Singular | backgammon |
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Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable