pocket billiards
Cue game with pockets
Pocket billiards is the formal name for pool—cue sports played on a table with six pockets into which balls are struck.
The term distinguishes these games from carom billiards, played on pocketless tables.
He preferred pocket billiards to snooker.
In American usage, pool is far more common in casual speech.
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