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BOWLING PIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target
Synonyms:
bowling pin; pin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bowling pin" is a kind of...):
bowling equipment (equipment used in bowling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bowling pin"):
candlepin (a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin)
duckpin (a bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpin)
headpin; kingpin (the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins)
ninepin; skittle; skittle pin (a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles)
tenpin (one of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling)
