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small, flat, rectangular block used as gaming object. Dominoes are made of rigid material such as wood, bone, or plastic and are variously referred to as bones, pieces, men, stones, or cards.
Like playing cards, of which they are a variant, dominoes bear identifying marks on one side and are blank or identically patterned on the other side. The identity-bearing face of each piece is divided, by a line or ridge, into two squares, each of which is marked with an arrangement of spots, or “pips,” like those used on a die, except that some squares are blank (indicated in ... (100 of 695 words)
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The game of dominoes began in China around the 12th century. Western dominoes probably developed later, independently from the Chinese version, in Italy or France in the 18th century. Dominoes is now played, in a variety of ways, in most countries of the world. The usual set consists of 28 dominoes-flat, rectangular blocks made of bone, wood, or plastic. The faces of 27 of the divided pieces (sometimes called bones) have varied combinations of dots (also called pips) or dots and blanks. The 28th piece is the double blank.
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![Dominoes.
[© Richard Glover—Ecoscene/Corbis]](https://web.archive.org/web/20100829172225im_/http://www.britannica.com/static/bps-static-content/20100820-1222/images/darwin/shared/spacer_htc.gif "Dominoes.
[© Richard Glover—Ecoscene/Corbis]")
