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tenpin bowling

tenpin bowling noun: a sport where players roll a ball down a wooden pathway and try to knock down as many of the ten target pins as possible.

Noun

tenpin bowling (uncountable)

  1. A sport where players roll a ball down a wooden pathway and try to knock down as many of the ten target pins as possible.
    Synonyms:
    bowling

Synonyms of tenpin bowling

Questions about tenpin bowling

What does tenpin bowling mean?
Tenpin bowling means a sport where players roll a ball down a wooden pathway and try to knock down as many of the ten target pins as possible.
What part of speech is tenpin bowling?
Tenpin bowling is a noun.

Words near tenpin bowling in the dictionary

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

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