bowling

Pronunciation: /ˈboʊlɪŋ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them
  2. noun (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman
  3. noun the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc

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Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
game
Narrower (hyponyms)
candlepins, duckpins, ninepins, bocce, lawn bowling, tenpins

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