What is billiards in English Oxford?

/ˈbɪliədz/ /ˈbɪljərdz/ [uncountable] ​a game for two people played with cues (= long sticks) and three balls on a long table covered with green cloth. Players try to hit the balls against each other and into pockets at the edge of the table.

What is billiard in British English?

English billiards, called simply billiards in the United Kingdom and in many former British colonies, is a cue sport that combines the aspects of carom billiards and pool. Two cue balls (one white and one yellow) and a red object ball are used. Each player or team uses a different cue ball.

What is snooker in English Oxford?

noun. /ˈsnuːkə(r)/ /ˈsnuːkər/ ​[uncountable] a game for two people played on a long table covered with green cloth. Players use cues (= long sticks) to hit a white ball against other balls (15 red and 6 of other colours) in order to get the coloured balls into pockets at the edge of the table, in a particular set order ...

What is swimming pool Oxford dictionary?

/ˈswɪmɪŋ puːl/ (also pool) ​an area of water that has been created for people to swim in. an indoor/outdoor swimming pool.

What is the Old English word for swimming?

swim (v.) Old English swimman "to move in or on the water, float" (class III strong verb; past tense swamm, past participle swummen), from Proto-Germanic *swimjan (source also of Old Saxon and Old High German swimman, Old Norse svimma, Dutch zwemmen, German schwimmen), from PIE root *swem- "to be in motion."

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Why do Americans call pool billiards?

Originally the game was called Billiards and is, of course, still referred to as such by the pros. The term billiards comes from the French. The root words are either 'billart' which is one of the sticks or 'bille,' which means ball. The sport had its beginnings way back in the 15th century in Northern Europe.

Do you call it pool or billiards?

In its original use, billiards refers to any type of cue sport, including carom billiards, pool, and snooker. On the other hand, pool specifically refers to a game played on a pool table. Traditionally, billiards tables do not have pockets.

What is the difference between English billiards and pool?

Billiards is played on a table without pockets. The game only has three balls, which are red, white (with a spot), and another white one (without a spot). Pool involves a table with six pockets. You need 15 balls, but some people play with just nine.

What is snooker called in America?

American snooker is a cue sport played almost exclusively in the United States, and strictly on a recreational, amateur basis.

What is diff between pool and snooker?

Snooker is played with 15 pink numberless balls, 6 numbered object balls, and 1 cue ball, while Pool is played on a table with 6 pockets, with 9 to 15 object balls, and in addition, a cue ball.

What is snooker in British slang?

slang. to deceive, cheat, or dupe. to be snookered by a mail order company.

What do British people call 8 ball pool?

Blackball pool (sometimes written black ball), also known as English pool, English eight-ball or simply reds and yellows, is a pool game originating in the United Kingdom and popularized across Europe and The Commonwealth, such as Australia and South Africa.

What is another name for billiards?

Snooker, pool & billiards.

What is the white ball called in pool?

The name is a reference to how many balls need to be pocketed to win the game, but all 15 balls are used. All of the striped and colored balls are referred to as object balls, and the solid white ball is the cue ball.

What is a pool table without pockets called?

Carom billiard is played on a billiard table without pockets and with a set of 3 balls: one red and two white of which one is marked. The player must use the cue ball to make contact with the other two balls on the table in order to score 1 point.

What is the difference between English and American billiards?

The simplest answer is that the American pool tables are generally larger than English pool tables with the standard American pool table being an 7ft, 8ft or 9ft and the standard English pool table being a 6ft, 7ft or 8ft. The official tournament or professional sizes being 9ft for American, and 7ft for English.

What is the difference between American and British billiards?

American pool cues have larger tips (between 12 &14mm) than British ones (between 8-11mm). American cues often have a ferrule made of plastic, which acts as a shock absorber for the larger, heavier balls. The ferrule on British cues is made of brass, they're made more for accuracy than power.

Do British people play pool?

Balls and Cues

British pool is generally played with 2-inch balls which are lighter and smaller, again favouring the tactical game over speed. British cues tend to have smaller tips – usually no larger than 11mm.

What is a pool person called?

A swimming pool service technician is a person who services major pool equipment such as pumps, motors, and filters of swimming pools.

What is big pool called?

Infinity Pool

Infinity pools are also known as infinity edge pools, vanishing edge pools, negative edge, zero edge, or disappearing edge pools. Infinity pools are always custom-built and should be designed to highlight a view.

What is a pool professional called?

Pool service technicians, also known as swimming pool maintenance technicians, are trained professionals who treat and maintain swimming pool water.

What is the medieval word for pool?

piscina, in Roman times, an artificial reservoir used for swimming or as a fish pond. During the Middle Ages a piscina was a pool or tank in which fish were stored by monastic communities, for whose members fish was a staple item of diet.