backgammon meaning
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[ˈbæk.ɡæm.ən] WBackgammon
- Backgammon is one of the oldest board games for two players. The playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice, and a player wins by removing all of their pieces from the board before their opponent.
- Backgammon involves a combination of strategy and luck (from rolling dice). While the dice may determine the outcome of a single game, over a series of many games, the better player will accumulate the better record.
- Like chess, backgammon has been studied with great interest by computer scientists. Owing to this research, backgammon software has been developed that is capable of beating world-class human players (see TD-Gammon for an example).
FR backgammon 
- NounPREback-
- A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
- (backgammon) A victory in the game when the loser has not borne off a stone, and still has one or more stones in the winner's inner home row or on the bar.
- A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
- VerbSGbackgammonsPRbackgammoningPT, PPbackgammoned
Definition of backgammon in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Verbs
- Nouns
- fr backgammon
- en backgammons
- en backgammoned
- en backgammoning
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "backgammon" is a noun, more specifically, a singularia tantum. It's also a verb.