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Definition: Billiard Ball |
Billiard BallNoun1. Ball used in playing billiards. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Rotundity | Adjective: rotund; round; (circular); cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid; columnar, lumbriciform; conic, conical; spherical, spheroidal; globular, globated, globous, globose; egg shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped; ovoid, oviform; gibbous; rixiform; campaniform, campanulate, campaniliform; fungiform, bead-like, moniliform, pyriform, bulbous; tres atque rotundus; round as an orange, round as an apple, round as a ball, round as a billiard ball, round as a cannon ball. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Billiard Ball |
| English words defined with "billiard ball": cue ball ♦ object ball. (references) |
| Play | Caption |
 | A billiard ball being struck with a pool cue and entering the corner pocket. |
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Expression using "billiard ball": round as a billiard ball. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
billiard ball | 122 |
nfl billiard ball | 8 |
aramith billiard ball | 6 |
black light billiard ball | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "billiard ball"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كرة البليارد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | билярдна топка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kuleèníková koule. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | boule de billard. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Billardkugel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | biliárd golyó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | illiardbay allbay bola de bilhar. (various references) бильярдный шар (billiard-ball). (various references) bilijarska lopta. (various references) bola de billar. (various references) biljardboll. (various references) bilardo topu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-d-i-i-l-l-l-l-r" | |
-4 letters: bilabial, billiard, biradial. | |
-5 letters: barilla. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 69 6C 6C 69 61 72 64 42 61 6C 6C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01101100 01101100 01101001 01100001 01110010 01100100 00100000 01000010 01100001 01101100 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i l l i a r d   B a l l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 006C 006C 0069 0061 0072 0064 0042 0061 006C 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3675787875678470236677878 |
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