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TENPINS

Dictionary entry overview: What does tenpins mean?

• TENPINS (noun)
The noun TENPINS has 1 sense:

1. bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins

Familiarity information: TENPINS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TENPINS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

tenpin bowling; tenpins

Hypernyms ("tenpins" is a kind of...):

bowling (a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them)

Domain member category:

split ((tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl)

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