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BILLIARD SALOON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does billiard saloon mean? 

BILLIARD SALOON (noun)
  The noun BILLIARD SALOON has 1 sense:

1. a room in which billiards is playedplay

  Familiarity information: BILLIARD SALOON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BILLIARD SALOON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A room in which billiards is played

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

billiard hall; billiard parlor; billiard parlour; billiard room; billiard saloon

Hypernyms ("billiard saloon" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)


 Context examples 


Begging your pardon, ma'am, it wasn't a billiard saloon, but a gymnasium, and I was taking a lesson in fencing.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

What were you doing, sir, up in that billiard saloon?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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