THREE-CUSHION BILLIARDS

Meaning of THREE-CUSHION BILLIARDS in English

noun plural but usually singular in construction

also three cushions

: carom billiards in which the cue ball must touch one or more cushions three different times plus the two object balls to score a count

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

THREE — tri. THREEFOLD: triplic. THREE-CORNERED: triangulari, THREE-LEGGED: tripedat
English interlingue dictionary
BILLIARDS — billiarde. ~ CUE: baston. ~ BALL: billiard-bul
English interlingue dictionary
BILLIARDS — noun plural but singular in construction see: billet Date: 1580 any of several games played on an oblong table by …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THREE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Three Emperors' League Three Gorges Dam Project {{link=Three Kingdoms">Three Kingdoms Three Mile Island Three …
Английский словарь Британика
BILLIARDS — Any of various games played on a cloth-topped, cushion-railed rectangular table by driving small, hard balls against one another or …
Английский словарь Британика
THREE — I. ˈthrē adjective Etymology: Middle English three, thre, from Old English thrīe (masculine), thrēo (feminine & neuter); akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUSHION — I. ˈku̇shən sometimes -shin noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English cuisshin, cusshin, from Middle French coissin, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BILLIARDS — ˈbilyə(r)dz, ˈbiy- noun plural but usually singular in construction Etymology: Middle French billard curved stick used in certain games, billiard …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THREE — (n.) A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
Английский словарь Webster
THREE — (n.) The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
Английский словарь Webster
BILLIARDS — (n.) A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to …
Английский словарь Webster
THREE — ( n. ) The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THREE — ( n. ) A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BILLIARDS — ( n. ) A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THREE — /three/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, 2 plus 1. 2. a symbol for this number, as 3 or III. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CUSHION — — cushionless , adj. — cushionlike , adj. /koosh"euhn/ , n. 1. a soft bag of cloth, leather, or rubber, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BILLIARDS — — billiardist , n. /bil"yeuhrdz/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. ) any of several games played with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BILLIARDS — n. any of a number of games played on a cloth covered table with cues and balls, pool, snooker
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CUSHION — I. ˈku̇-shən noun Etymology: Middle English cusshin, from Anglo-French cussin, quissin, from Vulgar Latin * coxinus, from Latin coxa hip …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THREE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from three, adjective, from Old English thrīe (masculine), thrēo (feminine & neuter); akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BILLIARDS — noun plural but singular in construction Etymology: Middle French billard billiard cue, billiards, from bille wooden stick, log — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THREE — adj one more than two; two and one. 2. three ·noun a symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii. …
Webster English vocab
CUSHION — noun a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf. 2. cushion ·noun the elastic edge of a billiard table. 3. …
Webster English vocab
BILLIARDS — noun a game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. the player seeks to …
Webster English vocab
BILLIARDS — [ 'bɪljədz ] ■ plural noun [treated as sing. ] a game for two people played on a billiard table, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
THREE — [three] n [ME, fr. three, adj., fr. OE thrie (masc.), threo (fem. & neut.); akin to OHG dri three, L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CUSHION — [cush.ion] n [ME cusshin, fr. MF coissin, fr. (assumed) VL coxinus, fr. L coxa hip--more at coxa] (14c) 1: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BILLIARDS — [bil.liards] n pl but sing in constr [MF billard billiard cue, billiards, fr. bille] (1580): any of several games played …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BILLIARDS — any of various games played on a rectangular table with a designated number of small balls and a long stick …
Britannica English vocabulary
THREE — three BrE AmE θriː ▷ threes θriːz ▶ ˌ three ˈ R's BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CUSHION — cushion BrE AmE ˈkʊʃ ə n ▷ cushion|ed d ▷ cushion|ing ‿ɪŋ ▷ cushion|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CUSHION — / ˈkʊʃn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. ( NAmE also pil·low ) a cloth bag filled with …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BILLIARDS — / ˈbɪliədz; NAmE ˈbɪljərdz/ noun [ U ] a game for two people played with cues (= long sticks) and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THREE — three S1 /θriː/ BrE AmE number [ Language: Old English ; Origin: thrie , threo ] 1 . the number …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CUSHION — I. cush ‧ ion 1 S3 /ˈkʊʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BILLIARDS — bil ‧ liards /ˈbɪljədz $ -ərdz/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: billard '(stick …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THREE — n. & adj. --n. 1 a one more than two, or seven less than ten. b a symbol for this …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CUSHION — n. & v. --n. 1 a bag of cloth etc. stuffed with a mass of soft material, used as a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BILLIARDS — n. 1 a game played on an oblong cloth-covered table, with three balls struck with cues into pockets round the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THREE — n. & adj. n. 1 a one more than two, or seven less than ten. b a symbol for this …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CUSHION — n. & v. n. 1 a bag of cloth etc. stuffed with a mass of soft material, used as a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BILLIARDS — n. 1 a game played on an oblong cloth-covered table, with three balls struck with cues into pockets round the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THREE — n. & adj. --n. 1. a one more than two, or seven less than ten. b a symbol for this …
Oxford English vocab
CUSHION — n. & v. --n. 1. a bag of cloth etc. stuffed with a mass of soft material, used as a …
Oxford English vocab
BILLIARDS — n.1 a game played on an oblong cloth-covered table, with three balls struck with cues into pockets round the edge …
Oxford English vocab
THREE — ( threes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Three is the number 3. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CUSHION — ( cushions, cushioning, cushioned) 1. A cushion is a fabric case filled with soft material, which you put on a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BILLIARDS — Note: The form 'billiard' is used as a modifier. 1. Billiards is a game played on a large table, in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BILLIARDS — Note: The form 'billiard' is used as a modifier. 1. Billiards is a game played on a large table, in …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THREE — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a father of two/three/four etc (= a man with two, three etc children ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CUSHION — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES cushion the effect of sth (= make it less bad ) ▪ Lower mortgage …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BILLIARDS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bar billiards COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB play ▪ Me and Frank had been playing …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THREE — [determiner], [pronoun], [noun] - (the number) 3three cats/trees/housesa house with three bedroomsa three-bedroom house"How many children have you got?" "Three …
Cambridge English vocab
BILLIARDS — [noun] [U] - a game played by two people on a table covered in green cloth in which a cue …
Cambridge English vocab
BILLIARDS — n. Any of various games played on a cloth-topped, cushion-railed rectangular table by driving small, hard balls against one another …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
THREE — n. Three Emperors' League Three Gorges Dam Project Three Henrys War of the Three Kingdoms Three Mile Island Three Stooges
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CUSHION — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ plump , soft ▪ He sank back into the soft ~s of the sofa. ▪ couch …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CUSHION — n. 25B6; noun a cushion against inflation : PROTECTION, buffer, shield, defence, bulwark. 25B6; verb she cushioned her head on …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THREE — 1. числ. колич. три three times three 2. сущ. 1) тройка 2) мн. третий номер, размер 3) три очка 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CUSHION — 1. сущ. 1) а) диванная подушка б) подушка для плетения кружев Syn : pad, pillow 2) борт (бильярда) 3) тех. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BILLIARDS — бильярд billiards pl бильярд; to play billiards играть в бильярд billiards pl бильярд; to play billiards играть в бильярд
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THREE — three.ogg 1. θri: n 1> тройка ( цифра ; тж. figure of three) 2> три; трое; группа из трёх предметов …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CUSHION — cushion.ogg 1. ʹkʋʃ(ə)n n 1. 1> диванная подушка 2> подушечка для булавок 3> подушка для плетения кружев 4> мягкая подстилка …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CUSHION — 1) подкладка; прокладка 2) подстилающий слой; подготовка, подушка 3) амортизатор; буфер; ж.-д. поглощающий аппарат 4) смягчать ( вибрацию, удар ) …
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