backgammon

noun

back·gam·mon ˈbak-ˌga-mən

ˌbak-ˈga-

: a board game played with dice and counters in which players try to be the first to gather their pieces into one corner and then systematically remove them from the board

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Alexandra Llewellyn fell in love with backgammon at the age of 9 on a trip to Cairo with her step-grandfather. —

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2024 Cutting Leather Calf leather is measured and cut into thin strips to line the removable trays that will hold the backgammon playing pieces. —

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2024 This set features the classics, checkers and backgammon, as well as all the requisite pieces for both, all displayed a cute retro design. —

Lindy Segal, Glamour, 20 Sep. 2024 Decades before artificial neural networks could generate personalized poems and wacky images, computer scientists were using them to build backgammon programs. —

Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for backgammon