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Balkline

Baulk line

📖 Definitions of "Balkline"

noun

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Baulk line

🔄 Synonyms of "Balkline"

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Word	Definition
baulk linenoun	(snooker) The line at the baulk end of a snooker table, upon which the green, yellow and brown balls are initially placed.
string linenoun	line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Balkline"

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Word	Definition
baulk linenoun	(snooker) The line at the baulk end of a snooker table, upon which the green, yellow and brown balls are initially placed.
string linenoun	line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game
reannoun	A deep furrow used for drainage.
baulknoun	(British spelling) Alternative spelling of balk. [(agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.]
balknoun	(agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
rendle-balknoun	Alternative form of randle-balk. [(UK, dialect, obsolete) The horizontal bar in an open chimney on which cooking vessels are hung.]
randle-balknoun	(UK, dialect, obsolete) The horizontal bar in an open chimney on which cooking vessels are hung.
wracklinenoun	Alternative form of wrack line. [A line of seaweed deposited on a beach at high tide]
chalk linenoun	A line made on a surface by snapping a taut string or cord dusted with colored chalk.
hulkingnoun	A kind of sloping embankment used as a coastal defence.
benchlandnoun	(geology) A bench (thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by slopes).
trenchlinenoun	The line (path) of a trench (chiefly a combat trench, but also e.g. one for burying a pipe).
shedverb	(transitive) To allow to flow or fall.
bierbalknoun	(obsolete) A church road (such as a path across fields) for funerals.
river banknoun	Alternative form of riverbank. [A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.]
shrublinenoun	Alternative form of shrub line. [The equivalent of a tree line for shrubs.]
beamnoun	A broad smile.
wrack linenoun	A line of seaweed deposited on a beach at high tide
bermnoun	A narrow ledge or shelf, as along the top or bottom of a slope.
balustrenoun	Alternative form of baluster. [(architecture) A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway or around a balcony; a banister.]