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BALKLINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does balkline mean?
• BALKLINE (noun)
The noun BALKLINE has 1 sense:
1. line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
Familiarity information: BALKLINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
balkline; baulk-line; string line
Hypernyms ("balkline" is a kind of...):
line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)
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