billiards
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1. any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | table game, |
| definition | : | a game that is played on a table (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | break, |
| definition | : | the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | cannon, carom, |
| definition | : | a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | masse, masse shot, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | miscue, |
| definition | : | a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | cannon, |
| definition | : | make a cannon (verb.competition) |
| domain member category | : | break, |
| definition | : | make the opening shot that scatters the balls (verb.contact) |
| domain member category | : | carom, |
| definition | : | make a carom (verb.contact) |
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