bowling alley

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a building that contains several alleys for bowlingSynonyms: bowling alley
  2. a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pinsSynonyms: bowling alleyalleyskittle alley
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Bowling \Bowl"ing\, n. The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins. [1913 Webster]

Bowling alley, a covered place for playing at bowls or tenpins.

Bowling green, a level piece of greensward or smooth ground for bowling, as the small park in lower Broadway, New York, where the Dutch of New Amsterdam played this game. [1913 Webster]

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