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The glossary contains brief descriptions of most common billiards games, as well as the most commonly used terms in billiards.

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Carom, or carambole billiards, is a type of billiard game played on a pocketless table. The objective of the game is to score points by "caroming" one's own cue ball off both the opponent's cue ball ...

Domain: Entertainment; Category: Games

Snooker is a billiard game played on a pool table with six pockets. Aside from the cue ball, there are 15 red balls worth one point each, and six balls of different colors: yellow, green, brown, ...

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Nine-ball is a type of a pocket billiards played on a table with six pockets and with ten balls - a cue ball, and nine object balls numbered from 1 to 9. The objective is to pocket the 9 ball, ...

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Possibly the most popular of all billiard games, eight ball is played on a pool table with six pockets. It is played with 16 balls: white, or the cue ball, seven striped and seven solid-colored ...

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