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POCKET BILLIARDS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
Synonyms:
pocket billiards; pool
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("pocket billiards" is a kind of...):
table game (a game that is played on a table)
Meronyms (parts of "pocket billiards"):
break (the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool)
cannon; carom (a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other)
masse; masse shot (a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball)
miscue (a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pocket billiards"):
snooker (a form of pool played with 15 red balls and six balls of other colors and a cue ball)