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billiard
n. type of shot in the game of billiards

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Billiard
Billiard or billiards may refer to:
Games
  • A , a type of shot in cue sports (see below)
  • Billiards: cue sports in general, including pool, carom billiards, snooker, etc.; the term "billiards" by itself is also sometimes used to refer to any of the following more specifically:
    • Carom billiards (also known as French billiards) games in general (a chiefly non-British usage)
    • Three-cushion billiards even more specifically, the most popular form of carom billiards worldwide (the most common specific usage)
    • The specific game of English billiards (a chiefly British, Irish and Australian usage)
    • Pool (pocket billiards) games, such as eight-ball and nine-ball, in general (a chiefly colloquial North American usage)
  • See the list of cue sports for various other games with "billiards" in their names; also more specifically:
  • Electric billiards, an obsolete term for pinball (from électrique in French, in which pinball is today called flipper, a borrowing from English)

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billiard
Adjective
1. of or relating to billiards; "a billiard ball"; "a billiard cue"; "a billiard table"
(pertainym) billiards


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Billiard
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the game of billiards.
  

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