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tenpin

tenpin noun: any of the bottle-shaped targets used in tenpin bowling.

Noun

tenpin (countable and uncountable, plural tenpins)

  1. (countable) Any of the bottle-shaped targets used in tenpin bowling.
  2. (uncountable) The game of tenpin bowling.

Forms of tenpin

pluraltenpins
alternative formten-pin

Origin of tenpin

ten + pin

Phrases with tenpin

Questions about tenpin

What does tenpin mean?
Tenpin means any of the bottle-shaped targets used in tenpin bowling.
What part of speech is tenpin?
Tenpin is a noun.
What is the plural of tenpin?
The plural of tenpin is tenpins.

Words near tenpin in the dictionary

  1. tenpenny nail
  2. tenpenny nails
  3. Tenpennys
  4. tenpercenteries
  5. tenpercentery
  6. tenpin
  7. tenpin bowling
  8. tenpinner
  9. tenpinners
  10. tenpins
  11. tenplex

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