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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Safe as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
Safe is a billiard term with several meanings. Safe is a shortened term that refers to safety. Safe describes the state of the situation for a player whom has just been left in a situation by his or her opponent whereby it is extremely difficult or impossible to pot any balls on. This situation may also be called a snooker. The term safe can be used to describe the state of a ball that lies in such a position where it is extremely difficult to pot.
There is nothing that can be done about the brown ball. It is in a safe position at the moment and we can't get to it.
The safe definition was entered on 3/19/2006 and was updated on 1/5/2008 5:49:56 PM. It is a cue sport term that is related to billiard technique. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: safety, containing safety, safety break, snooker for more on the meaning of safe.
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