pocket billiards
Any of a family of billiards games played on a specific class of billiards table,…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.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)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.
any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
(slang, uncountable)Synonym of pocket pool (“masturbation through a trouser pocket”)
Synonyms
2 synonyms- any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets:pool
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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