snooker table
- noun
- UK
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mesa de snooker
- The snooker table in the lounge was covered in green felt and had six pockets for the balls.
So every time he got to like a corner of a snooker table, I'm here right in his heart.
- So every time he got to like a corner of a snooker table, I'm here right in his heart.
- But anyway, that's another story that that room with the, the basement with the snooker table.
Examples
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I almost slept on a snooker table.
Blog text (16) -
During our break, we played a friendly match on the snooker table at the club.
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- On the snooker table, sir.
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Let him buy me a snooker table for Christmas.
Academic text (2007) -
"...balls on the snooker table."
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So every time he got to like a corner of a snooker table, I'm here right in his heart.
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Keeled over one of the snooker tables.
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Fish tank, lava lamp, giant Pez dispenser, gumball machine, pool table, snooker table, darts board, water slide that goes down to the kitchen.
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He practiced his shots on the new snooker table he purchased for his game room.
Synonyms
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A large flat table with a smooth cloth surface for playing games like pool or snooker
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Morphology
The meaning 'a table used for playing snooker' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'snooker' (the cue sport) with 'table' (a piece of furniture). This is a straightforward noun+noun compound with no idiomatic shift, and similar compounds exist across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Snooker table comes from the game snooker, a name first used as a joke when a beginner was called a 'snooker', and table simply means the flat, cloth-covered board used to play. So a snooker table is the large table with pockets made for that game.