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Billiard or billiards may refer to:

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Within Vinony's link graph, Billiard is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to cue sports, pinball machine game and pool.

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Billiard or billiards may refer to:

==Cue sports== A , a type of shot in cue sports (see below) Billiards: cue sports in general; 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 specific game of English billiards (a chiefly British, Irish and Australian usage) Pool (cue sports) (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: Pin billiards, a fairly large number of billiard games that use a pin, or a set of pins or "skittles" Bar billiards, a game combining elements of bagatelle and English billiards Electric billiards, an obsolete term for pinball Billiard table: The bounded table on which cue sports are played

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