| NOUN | act | pocket billiards, pool | any of various games / games played on a pool table having 6 pockets |
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| Meaning | Any of various games / games played on a pool table having 6 pockets. | |
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| Synonym | pool | |
| Parts | break | The opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool |
| 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 | |
| Narrower | snooker | A form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball |
| Broader | table game | A game / game that is played on a table |
| Spanish | billar americano | |
| Catalan | billar americà | |
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