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Bowling

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basinnounA depression, natural or artificial, containing water.
troughnounA long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
arenanounThe building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts.
stadiumnounA venue where sporting events are held.
pipe bowlnouna small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
tenpinnoun(uncountable) The game of tenpin bowling.
bowlernoun(bowling) One who engages in the sport of bowling.
billiardnoun(attributive) Pertaining to the game of billiards.
bingonoun(uncountable) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.
overarmnoun(dated) A style of swimming of extending the arms alternatively
ballnounA solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
lawnnounGround (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
grasslandnounAn area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.
turfnoun(uncountable) A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
pitchnounA sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
grassnoun(countable, uncountable) Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain.
tenpinsnounA game, a form of bowling, played with ten pins as the target.
ten-pinnounAlternative form of tenpin. [(countable) Any of the bottle-shaped targets used in tenpin bowling.]
skittlesnoun(mostly British, uncountable) A pub game in which a ball is rolled down a wooden alley in order to knock down as many of the nine skittles as possible.
ninepinsnoun(games) The game of skittles.

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