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PRONUNCIATION OF CARROM

carrom  [ˈkærəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARROM

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adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Carrom 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 CARROM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

carrom

Carrom

Carrom is a "strike and pocket" table game of Eastern origin similar to billiards and table shuffleboard. It is found throughout the East under different names though most non-eastern people know it by the East Asian name of Carroms. It is very popular in Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and surrounding areas. In South Asia, many clubs and cafés hold regular tournaments. Carrom is very commonly played within families, including the children, and at other social functions. Different standards and rules exist in different areas. A popular variant of the game called Duboo is played mostly in Karachi the largest city of Pakistan.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CARROM


alarum
əˈlærəm
carom
ˈkærəm
centrum
ˈsɛntrəm
Durham
ˈdʌrəm
durum
ˈdjʊərəm
forum
ˈfɔːrəm
harem
ˈhɛərəm
Hiram
ˈhaɪərəm
ingram
ˈɪŋɡrəm
larum
ˈlærəm
Moharram
məʊˈhærəm
Muharram
muːˈhærəm
ngultrum
əŋˈɡuːltrəm
quorum
ˈkwɔːrəm
serum
ˈsɪərəm
spectrum
ˈspɛktrəm
theorem
ˈθɪərəm
Trivandrum
trɪˈvændrəm
Vibram
ˈvaɪbrəm
wolfram
ˈwʊlfrəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARROM

carrion beetle
carrion crow
carrion feeder
carrion flesh
carrion flower
carritch
carriwitchet
Carroll
carrom ball
carron oil
carronade
carrot
carrot and stick
carrot cake
carrot fly
carrot-top
carrot-topped
carrotin
carroty
carrousel

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARROM

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 carrom in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «carrom» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CARROM

Find out the translation of carrom to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of carrom from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «carrom» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

卡罗姆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

carrom
570 millions of speakers

English

carrom
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कैरम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

carrom
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

карамболь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carrom
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্যারম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

carrom
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Carrom
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

carrom
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カロム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

carrom
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Carrom
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Carrom
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கேரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅरम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karambol
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carrom
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

carrom
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

карамболь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

CARROM
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

carrom
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

carrom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

carrom
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

carrom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of carrom

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CARROM»

The term «carrom» is regularly used and occupies the 83.653 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CARROM» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARROM»

Discover the use of carrom in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to carrom and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
LIFE
That's what you'll find in the new Carrom games, made by the company that has fascinated four generations with the popular Carrom-C rokin ole game boards. " Kilcit" Illustrated above is a new skill game based on the principle of ice hockey, ...
2
Indian Carrom Players: K. Radhakrishnan, A. Maria Irudayam, ...
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General Books LLC, 2010
3
Living Science Physics 9
2.7 A simple experiment demonstrating the property of inertia of rest ACTIVITY 2 Place the red coloured carrom coin (also called queen) in the centre of the carrom board and make a pile of other similar coins on it. Using the striker, make a ...
Dhiren M Joshi
4
Hoyle's Games: Containing the Established Rules and Practice ...
Making a carrom on the white and a red hall 9 13. Making a carrom on the two red halls - - 3 14. Making a carrom on all the halls - ' 5 15. Making a carrom on the white and a red hall. and holing the white - - - - - 4 16. Making a carrom on the ...
Edmond Hoyle, 1847
5
Hoyle's games improved: containing practical treatises on ...
Making a carrom on the two red halls 3. 14. Making a carrom on all the halls 5. 15 . Making a carrom on the white and a red hall, and holing the white 4. 16. Making a carrom on the white and a red hall, and holing a red 5. 17. Making a carrom ...
Edmond Hoyle, 1825
6
International encyclopaedia of sports and games
desired places of the playing surface for releasing other difficult carrom men, after cutting the selected carrom man, these cuts rendered. Cutting a carrom man to tight forward pocket, placing the striker extreme right side on the base lines away  ...
Ashok Kumar, 2000
7
Hoyle's Improved Edition of the Rules for Playing ...
Making a carrom, and touching hoth halls with .*. your own . . 2 20. Making a carrom, and holing the white hall 4 21. Making a carrom, and holing the red hall . 5 22. Making a carrom, and holing the white and red halls • 7 23. Playing on the ...
Edmond Hoyle, 1830
8
Hoyle's Improved Edition of the Rules for Playing ...
Making a carrom, and holing the white hall 21. Making a carrom, and holing the red hall . %i. Makmg a carrom, and holing the white and red nails * 23. Playing on the white, making a carrom, and holing your own hall 4 24. Playing on the red, ...
‎1841
9
Hoyle's Improved Edition of the Rules for Playing ...
Playing on the red, and hnling the three nails' 19. Makinga carronnand touching hoth halls with .Ayournwn.......... 20. Making a carrom. and holing the white hall 21 . Making a carro'm. and holing the red hall . 2'. Making a carrom. and hating the ...
Edmond Hoyle, 1830
10
Time Out 1000 Things to Do in London
carrom. back. from. obscurity. If you wandered through Spitalfields Market on a Sunday a few years back, you might have noticed groups of players flicking black and white objects into pockets at the corners of a beautifully decorated board.
Time Out, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARROM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term carrom is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hindi soaps, carrom keep Mickky occupied in jail
Jail sources confirmed that Pacheco is 'doing nothing' but watching TV and playing carrom. “Each of the 14 cells in the jail has one TV with only ... «Oherald, Jul 15»
2
Moratuwa and Peradeniya universities are carrom winners
Moratuwa University and Peradeniya University emerged winners in the Men and Women's categories respectively at the Inter University ... «The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, Jul 15»
3
Nominations for Carrom AGM rejected
Sri Lanka Carrom Federation held their AGM on June 26th at the Auditorium of the Sports Ministry under the supervision of officials from the ... «nation.lk - The Nation Newspaper, Jul 15»
4
Bollywood's interesting take on casino movies
In Carrom, players flick a “striker disk” in order to hit objects on the board. The first player to pocket his or her opponent's nine “carrom men” and ... «SKJ Bollywood News, Jun 15»
5
Lawyers' agitation in Pune enteres eleventh day
The lawyers are either protesting or playing cricket and carrom in the premises. On an average, around 300 under trial prisoners from ... «Mid-Day, Jun 15»
6
Carrom champ takes to the wheel to make ends meet
The reality however is that the 32-year-old is a former sub-junior national carrom champion who is trying to make ends meet. "I have been ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
7
The Neighbourhood Watch
Every para has a sports club, where young men spend an inordinate amount of time playing carrom under the light of a single bulb. Every para ... «The Indian Express, Jun 15»
8
Krishna stuns Wasim in TS ranking carrom
Krishna knocked out State player Wasim in the first round of the 1st Prashanth Memorial State Ranking Carrom Tournament at Maharashtra ... «Web India, Jun 15»
9
'Sincere Forms of Flattery' music event coming to Earl Scruggs Center
In addition to being a musician and lecturer, he is a world champion carrom player and founder of the U.S. Carrom Association. Registration is ... «Shelby Star, Jun 15»
10
Bangladesh vs India, Final ODI Highlights: India Crush Bangladesh …
He has unleashed the carrom ball after a very long time and got a wicket off it. A leading edge off Nasir Hossain's bat goes to Ambati Rayudu at ... «NDTVSports.com, Jun 15»

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