Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

billiard-room

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: bil-liard--room
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated form of billiard room.

Dated

Example Sentences

"The drawing-room had been modernized, and contrasted ill with an ancient paneled billiard-room, through which one had to pass ere it was entered."
"[…] who hate living in camp (though they have a club-house), and miss the billiard-rooms, flirtations with pretty confectioneresses and milliners […]"
"The game between Hargate and Lord Dreever was still in progress when Jimmy returned to the billiard-room."
"Finally they retired, did you not? said Tetty. / We did indeed, said Goff, we retired to the billiard-room, for a game of slosh."

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

billiard-rooms (plural)

Questions

What does billiard-room mean?: Dated form of billiard room.

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