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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A game, similar to pool and played with pool balls, played in a long, high-walled table. Each player gets five balls to arrange however they want at their end of the table, and they take turns trying to knock each other's balls into troughs at each end of the table. The player who knocks down all five of the other player's balls first is the winner. uncountable
2. 2
   A heavy ceramic or stone ball that was rolled along the floor in some games. countable, historical

Etymology

From carpet + ball.

Related phrases

carpet pool

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