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spare ball

spare ball noun: the situation where all ten pins are knocked down with the second throw in a frame. The points scored by the next ball rolled (in the next frame) are added to the spare's frame's score.

Noun

spare ball (plural spare balls)

  1. (tenpin bowling) The situation where all ten pins are knocked down with the second throw in a frame. The points scored by the next ball rolled (in the next frame) are added to the spare's frame's score.

Forms of spare ball

pluralspare balls

Questions about spare ball

What does spare ball mean?
Spare ball means the situation where all ten pins are knocked down with the second throw in a frame. The points scored by the next ball rolled (in the next frame) are added to the spare's frame's score.
What part of speech is spare ball?
Spare ball is a noun.
What is the plural of spare ball?
The plural of spare ball is spare balls.

Words near spare ball in the dictionary

  1. sparbles
  2. sparbling
  3. sparce
  4. spare
  5. spare a thought for
  6. spare ball
  7. spare balls
  8. spare change
  9. spare no effort
  10. spare no expense
  11. spare part

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