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bowl-out

bowl-out noun: a series of deliveries at an unguarded wicket at the end of a non-first-class cricket match, used to decide the winner of a drawn match.

Noun

bowl-out (plural bowl-outs)

  1. A series of deliveries at an unguarded wicket at the end of a non-first-class cricket match, used to decide the winner of a drawn match.
    Synonyms:
    bowl-off

Synonyms of bowl-out

Forms of bowl-out

pluralbowl-outs

Questions about bowl-out

What does bowl-out mean?
Bowl-out means a series of deliveries at an unguarded wicket at the end of a non-first-class cricket match, used to decide the winner of a drawn match.
What part of speech is bowl-out?
Bowl-out is a noun.
What is the plural of bowl-out?
The plural of bowl-out is bowl-outs.

Words near bowl-out in the dictionary

  1. bowl wax
  2. bowl-full
  3. bowl-fulls
  4. bowl-off
  5. bowl-offs
  6. bowl-out
  7. bowl-outs
  8. bowl-shaped
  9. bowla
  10. bowladrome
  11. bowladromes

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