billiards vs dam

billiards

noun
  • A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table. 

  • Any of various games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue. 

dam

noun
  • A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts. 

  • An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee. 

  • A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding. 

  • A former coin of Nepal, 128 of which were worth one mohar. 

  • A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band. 

  • A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace. 

  • The water reservoir resulting from placing such a structure. 

  • A reservoir. 

  • Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals. 

adj
  • Damn. 

intj
  • Damn. 

verb
  • To block the flow of water. 

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