This page shows Carom in 12 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like rebound or bound. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.
Carom in a sentence
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Carom meaning
- A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.
- A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of a board measuring one meter by one meter.
Example sentences (12)
The latest: Receiver Lil’Jordan Humphrey having a ball carom off his hands and to Ravens safety Ar’Darius Washington.
The ball took an odd carom off the wall just out of the reach of rightfielder Phillip Ervin, who tried to make the leaping grab.
Robinson yanked down the carom and was fouled with :49.7 left to set up the closing sequence.
One should consume carom seeds in moderation – just soak one teaspoon or five grams in a glass of boiling water and let it steep for some time.
Fabean clanked a shot off the cross bar and looked on as Denis was there to ping in the carom past junior keeper Caron Modrak to make it 1-1 by the half.
Major games There are two main varieties of billiard games: carom and pocket.
Ten-foot tables remain the standard size for carom billiard games.
The object ball must make first contact with the cue ball to count as a legal shot, the goal being to carom the object ball into a pocket (a kiss-shot) or into another ball.
The early croquet-like games eventually led to the development of the carom or carambole billiards category – what most non- Commonwealth and non-US speakers mean by the word "billiards".
Anaheim got assistance from a carom off the skate of an official and a great game from 39-year-old goaltender Ryan Miller in his first start of the season, beating the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Friday night.
Games played on a carom billiards table main Straight rail or straight billiards main In straight rail, a player scores a point and may continue shooting each time his cue ball makes contact with both other balls.
Carom billiards balls are larger than pool balls, having a diameter of 61.5 mm ( 2 7 16 in), and come as a set of two cue balls (one colored or marked) and an object ball (or two object balls in the case of the game four-ball ).
Common combinations with carom
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- carom off 3×
- the carom 3×
- carom and 2×
- carom billiards 2×
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