Carom may refer to:
See also
- Carrom, a family of tabletop games
- Caromb, a commune in Vaucluse, France
A ricochet (ˈrɪkəʃeɪ RICK-uh-shay) is a rebound bounce or skip off a surface particularly in the case of a Projectile. Carom billiards, sometimes called carambole billiards or simply carambole and in some cases used as a synonym for the game of straight rail from Ammi majus is known as bishop's weed. Ground-elder is also known as bishop's weed. Carrom or carroms is a family of Tabletop games sharing a similarity in that their mechanics lie somewhere between Billiards and Table shuffleboard Caromb is a commune of the Vaucluse département in southern France.Dictionary
carom
-noun
- (Billiards) 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; in England it is called cannon.
-verb
- (intransitive) To make a carom.
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