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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carpetball

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
car-pet-ball
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

A heavy ceramic or stone ball that was rolled along the floor in some games.

Countable

Etymology

From carpet + ball.

Usage

Inflected Forms

carpetballs (plural) carpet ball (alternative)

Phrases

carpet pool

Frequently Paired Words

carpet pool

Questions

What does carpetball mean?
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.
Where does carpetball come from?
From carpet + ball.

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