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The glossary contains brief descriptions of most common billiards games, as well as the most commonly used terms in billiards.

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Cue stick, or simply cue, is a stick which is used to propel balls in billiard games. It is usually around 55-60" in length with a tip made of a material such as leather on the end and sometimes with ...

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Solids, or solid balls, are the non-striped ball suit (group) of a fifteen ball set that are numbered 1 through 7 and have a solid color scheme (the group does not include the black 8 ball).

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Stripes are the striped ball suit (group) of a fifteen ball set that are numbered 9 through 15 and have a solid color scheme.

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Also cue-ball, cueball, is the ball that a player strikes with a cue stick. It exists in nearly any cue sport, and it is typically white in color, hence often referred to as the "white ball". It can ...

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The 8 ball is the last ball that must be pocketed, after pocketing the group (either solids or stripes) of seven object balls. Pocketing the 8 ball early is a loss of game. It is usually black in ...

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Billiard chalk is a powdered substance placed on the tip of a cue stick to increase the friction between the tip of the cue and the cue ball. Cue "chalk" is not actually chalk (calcium carbonate) at ...

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Cushions are the elastic bumpers mounted on the inside of a billiard table frame - the part from which the balls rebound. Cushions are normally made from rubber or synthetic rubber.

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