carom billiards
carom billiards noun: a 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.
Noun
carom billiards (uncountable)
- A 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.
- Synonyms:
- carambole billiards, carambole
Synonyms of carom billiards
Questions about carom billiards
- What does carom billiards mean?
- Carom billiards means a 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.
- What part of speech is carom billiards?
- Carom billiards is a noun.
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