bowling. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

bowling

SYLLABICATION:	bowl·ing
PRONUNCIATION:	blng
NOUN:	1a. A game played by rolling a ball down a wooden alley in order to knock down a triangular group of ten pins. Also called tenpins. b. A similar game, such as duckpins or ninepins. 2. Lawn bowling. 3. The playing of one of these games.


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