maximum break

English

Noun

maximum break (plural maximum breaks)

1. (snooker) The highest score possible in one visit to the table in a frame of snooker, 147 in normal circumstances (excluding the case where the break starts with a free ball), achieved by potting all fifteen reds with fifteen blacks and then the six colours in order.

Synonyms

• 147

Translations

147 in snooker

• Armenian: ամենաբարձր բրեյկ (amenabarjr breyk), ամենաբարձր բրեյք (amenabarjr breykʻ)
• French: break maximum, break royal
• Russian: максима́льный брейк (maksimálʹnyj brejk), наивысший брейк (naivysšij brejk)
• Swedish: maximumbreak (sv) n

See also

• century break