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English billiards

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bar billiardsnoun(UK) A game resembling billiards, sometimes found in public houses, with pegs and holes in the surface of the table instead of side and corner pockets.
billiardsnoun(games, US) Any of various games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.
carom billiardsnounA family of billiards games generally played on cloth-covered, pocketless tables, which often feature heated slate beds, typically having as the objective to score points or "counts" by caroming one's own cue ball off both the opponent's cue ball and the object ball(s) on a single shot.
pocket billiardsnounAny of a family of billiards games played on a specific class of billiards table, having six receptacles called pockets along the rails, into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play.
chinese eight-ballnounA pocket billiards game for two players, combining the play of eight-ball (except by shooting object balls into the cue ball instead of the other way round) with the shooting style of carom billiards games.
billiardnoun(attributive) Pertaining to the game of billiards.
carambole billiardsnounSynonym of carom billiards.
pool tablenounA table used for playing pool.
billiardistnounA player of billiards.
billiard ballnounAny of the balls used in billiards.
poolnounA small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
billiard tablenoun(sports, billiards, snooker) A heavy felt-covered table fitted with six pockets along the perimeter used in the games of pool, billiards or snooker.
pocket poolnounA variation of the game of pool.
bridgenounA construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
bagatellenounA trifle; an insubstantial thing.
cribbagenoun(card games) A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous small increments is characteristic.
novussnouna game closely related to carom, and pocket billiards.
stringnoun(countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
snooker tablenounThe table on which snooker or billiards is played; a billiard table
carromnounAlternative spelling of carom. [(countable, billiards, especially billiards) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.]

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