Meaning | Any of several games / games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls. |
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Category of | break | make the opening shot that scatters the balls |
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cannon | make a cannon |
carom | make a carom |
Parts | break | The opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool |
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carom, cannon | A shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other |
masse, masse shot | A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically |
miscue | A faulty shot in billiards |
Broader | table game | A game / game that is played on a table |
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Spanish | billar |
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Catalan | billar |
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Adjectives | billiard | of or relating to billiards |
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