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Carom billiards — Carom billiards, sometimes called carambole billiards or simply carambole and, in some cases, used as a synonym for the game of straight rail from which many carom games derive, is the overarching title of a family of billiards games generally… … Wikipedia
carom billiards — ▪ game also called French billiards, game played with three balls (two white and one red) on a table without pockets, in which the object is to drive one of the white balls (cue ball) into both of the other balls. Each carom thus… … Universalium
carom billiards — noun plural but usually singular in construction : any of several games of billiards played with a cue and three balls on a pocketless table, points being scored by a player s causing the cue ball to carom from one object ball to another compare… … Useful english dictionary
carom billiards — a game resembling billiards and depending on cannon shots for scoring. → carom … English new terms dictionary
Carom — may refer to: * Ricochet * Carom billiards * Carom seeds or Ajwain, a spiceee also* Carrom, a family of tabletop games * Caromb, a commune in Vaucluse, France … Wikipedia
billiards — billiardist, n. /bil yeuhrdz/, n. (used with a sing. v.) any of several games played with hard balls of ivory or of a similar material that are driven with a cue on a cloth covered table enclosed by a raised rim of rubber, esp. a game played with … Universalium
carom — [ karəm] chiefly N. Amer. noun 1》 a cannon shot in billiards or pool. 2》 (also carom billiards) a game resembling billiards and depending on cannon shots for scoring. verb make a carom. Origin C18: abbrev. of carambole, from Sp. carambola, appar … English new terms dictionary
Billiards World Cup Association — The Billiards World Cup Association (BWA) was a governing body for carom billiards, like its competitor and successor, Union Mondiale de Billard.After staging several three cushion billiards championships, BWA met its demise in 2004 due to… … Wikipedia
carom — car·om || kærÉ™m n. hitting of two balls in succession (Billiards); striking and bouncing back v. hit and bounce back (of a ball); make a carom (Billiards) … English contemporary dictionary
Carom — Car om, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. F. carumboler to carom, carambolage a carom, carambole the red ball in billiards.] (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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
