| alley1 |
a bowling lane. [1/2 definitions] |
| boccie |
a form of lawn bowling, originating in Italy, played with wooden balls on a long narrow court of dirt, clay, or sand. |
| boule2 |
(usu. pl.) a French lawn bowling game similar to the Italian boccie. [1/3 definitions] |
| bowl2 |
to play the game of bowling. |
| bowling |
any of various similar games, such as lawn bowling, skittles, or ninepins. [1/2 definitions] |
| bowling alley |
the long wooden lane down which the ball is thrown in a game of bowling. [1/2 definitions] |
| bowls |
a game played on a smooth lawn, in which the players roll wooden balls as close as possible to a smaller target ball; lawn bowling. |
| candlepin |
a candlelike pin used in a bowling game similar to tenpins. [1/2 definitions] |
| duckpin |
a short, thick pin used for a bowling game similar to tenpins. [2 definitions] |
| foul line |
in bowling and other sports, any of various lines defining the area in which players must remain during play. [1/3 definitions] |
| gutter |
a long open passage on each side of a bowling lane that stops the ball from crossing into another lane. [1/2 definitions] |
| headpin |
in bowling, the pin nearest to the bowler; kingpin. |
| kingpin |
the frontmost or central pin in a grouping of bowling pins. [1/3 definitions] |
| lane |
a wooden path along which a bowling ball is rolled; alley. [1/4 definitions] |
| ninepins |
(used with a sing. verb) a bowling game similar to tenpins that is played with nine pins. [1/2 definitions] |
| pin |
any of the ten wooden clubs that are shaped like bottles at which the ball is rolled in bowling. [1/6 definitions] |
| pinsetter |
a person or device that removes the pins struck down in a bowling alley and sets them up again. |
| scorecard |
a card or folder on which to record running scores in an athletic contest, as in golf or bowling. |
| spare |
the knocking down of all pins with two rolls of the ball in bowling. [1/12 definitions] |
| strike |
the knocking down of all pins with one roll of the ball in bowling. [1/15 definitions] |
| tenpin |
one of the large bottle-shaped pins used for bowling. [2 definitions] |