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TABLE GAME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A game that is played on a table
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("table game" is a kind of...):
game (a contest with rules to determine a winner)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "table game"):
Ping-Pong; table tennis (a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball)
dominoes; dominos (any of several games played with small rectangular blocks)
nim (game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table)
billiards (any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls)
pocket billiards; pool (any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets)
bagatelle; bar billiards (a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over)
