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Meaning of "carom" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CAROM

From earlier carambole (taken as carom ball), from Spanish carambola.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CAROM

ˈkærəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAROM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Carom is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAROM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of carom in the English dictionary

The definition of carom in the dictionary is a shot in which the cue ball is caused to contact one object ball after another. Other definition of carom is the points scored by this.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAROM

alarum · carrom · centrum · Durham · durum · forum · harem · Hiram · ingram · larum · Moharram · Muharram · ngultrum · quorum · serum · spectrum · theorem · Trivandrum · Vibram · wolfram

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAROM

caroling · Carolingian · Carolinian · carolled · caroller · carolling · carolus · caromel · carotene · carotenoid · carotid · carotid artery · carotidal · carotin · carotinoid · carousal · carouse · carousel · carousel fraud

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAROM

angstrom · anywhere from · apart from · as from · aside from · come from · diadrom · far from · from · herefrom · keep from · maelstrom · other from · pogrom · prom · senior prom · suffer from · therefrom · where someone is coming from · wherefrom

Synonyms and antonyms of carom in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «carom» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CAROM

Find out the translation of carom to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of carom from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «carom» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

碰击
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

carambola
570 millions of speakers
en

English

carom
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

कैरम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكرة الحمراء
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

карамболь
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

carambola
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ক্যারামবোর্ড-খেলা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

carambolage
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Carom
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Karambolage
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

キャロム
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

캐논
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Carom
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự thụt bida
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

காரம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कॅरम
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

karambol
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

carambola
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

carom
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

карамболь
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

CAROM
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καραμπίνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

carambole
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

carom
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

carom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of carom

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAROM»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of carom
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «carom».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about carom

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAROM»

Discover the use of carom in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to carom and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Carom Shot
In Carom Shot, the pool playing lawyer for Carter University is faced with a serial rapist on campus, the shenanigans of Providences mendacious mayor, and the rhetoric of a charismatic African-American minister bringing an already edgy ...
J. J. Partridge, 2005
2
Precision Pool, 2E
First look at figure 5.26, which shows a simple carom shot. As you can see, the object ball must be shot into the helper ball. As you learned earlier, the object ball you intend to pocket will glance off the ball on the tangent line. If you want to find  ...
Gerry Kanov, Shari Stauch
3
Carom Billiards Players: Masako Katsura, Billiard Congress ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC, General Books LLC, 2010
4
Carom Billiards Competitions: Artistic Billiards World ...
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge.
General Books LLC, LLC Books, 2010
5
Metastasis of Breast Cancer
Carom has a coiled-coil diamin in the middle region and two src homology 3 domains and a PSD-95/Dlg-A/ZO-1 (PDZ)-binding motif in the C-terminal region ( 39). Carom binds to the fifth PDZ domain of MAGI-1 and the calmodulin kinase ...
R.E. Mansel, Oystein Fodstad, Wen G. Jiang, 2007
6
Carom Billiards Basics: A Training Program with Exercises, ...
The basics training program is not only a useful guide for beginners into the fascinating world of carom billiards but also advanced players can improve and control their technique.
Andreas Efler, 2014
7
Tricks and Games on the Pool Table
CHANCE ENCOUNTER CAROM. The following is a pretty shot when it comes off, but is by no means a certainty. Place the red and white, touching each other against a cushion, the red ten inches from the pocket, the white inside it, and place ...
Fred Herrmann, 1967
8
Carom Billiards: Balkline and Straight Rail, Cue Sports, ...
The invention as well as the exact date of origin of carom billiards is somewhat obscure but is thought to be traceable to 18th-century France. There is a large array of carom billiards disciplines.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2009
9
They Called Him Joe: An Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Man
The men basically hung outside while the girls were in the house playing the game Carom. This is a game similar to pool with small, round wooden circles instead of pool balls and the object of the game was to take a black carom and flip it ...
Al Long, 2008
10
Pool and Billiards For Dummies
This hands-on guide discusses everything from the rules and strategies of the games to how to set up a pool room to choosing the right equipment, and is accompanied by dozens of photos and line drawings.
Nicholas Leider, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAROM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term carom is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Miami Heat: Is There A Place For Willie Reed In Miami?
His game is far from perfect — his low-post moves are questionable and his hands can't always secure rebounds that carom off the rim — but ... «Hoops Habit, Jul 15»
2
It's not Sergio's fault
On the 72nd hole, Sergio narrowly missed what would've been the winning putt after seeing his approach hit the flag stick and carom 20 feet ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
3
Hindi soaps, carrom keep Mickky occupied in jail
This qaidi number 53, lodged in cell number 14 at Sada sub-jail has been watching Doordarshan's national channel and playing carom with ... «Oherald, Jul 15»
4
Jake Marisnick slams into Green Monster to make great grab
... skills in the sixth inning when Brock Holt lifted a fly ball to left-center field that look destined to carom off the Green Monster for extra bases. «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
5
Blues blow 2-0 lead, lose to Red Wings
He scored his eighth of the season when he beat Elliott by one-timing a carom off the boards from the left point. D'Agostini gave the Blues a 1-0 ... «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»
6
Iftars of the day: Essence and La Porte des Indes
... murgh ke pakode (batter-fried chicken supreme with carom seeds and coriander), grilled meats, curries, different types of biryani, leg of lamb ... «The National, Jul 15»
7
Stress the Lifestyle Killer
Apart from cycling, there are other engaging activities like cricket, carom etc. It builds better rapport, and helps in reducing tension,” says Firefox ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
8
Carom Soho opens second pop-up in London
Following a successful rooftop venture, D&D London restaurant Carom Soho has announced that it is launching a new pop-up in Butlers Wharf, ... «BigHospitality.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
White Sox 1, Orioles 0: John Danks, out of nowhere
But Flaherty recovered the carom cleanly, and Garcia checked up about 30 feet from first, starting a rundown and resulting in the customary ... «South Side Sox, Jul 15»
10
Houston Astros score four in 10th inning off of rookie Noe Ramirez …
Then Ramirez grounded one to third that could have been a double play if Jose Altuve's throw did not carom off of Ortiz's head as he was ... «MassLive.com, Jul 15»
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