different between tabletop vs billiards

English

Etymology

table +? top

Noun

tabletop (plural tabletops)

1. (furniture) the flat, horizontal surface of a table
2. (skateboarding) A fixed item resembling a table, used for performing skateboarding tricks.
3. (photography, advertising) A photograph of an object or product placed on a table.
   • 1946, U.S. Camera (volume 9, issues 6-11, page 72)

     Photographic greeting cards are usually tabletops.

Translations

Adjective

tabletop (not comparable)

1. Suitable for use on top of a table.
2. Taking place on top of a table.

   tabletop photography

   tabletop gaming

Translations

Anagrams

• pottable

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?l??dz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?l.j?dz/
• Hyphenation: bil?liards

Etymology 1

From French billard, originally referring to the wooden cue stick, diminutive of Old French bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile (“large tree, tree trunk”)), from Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?olh?yos (“leaf”), from *b?leh?- (“blossom, flower”).

Noun

billiards (uncountable)

1. (games, Britain) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.

   Synonym: English billiards

2. (games, US) The collective noun for games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cue sport

Translations

See also

• pool
• snooker

Etymology 2

Noun

billiards

1. plural of billiard