- candlepin bowling
- nouna bowling game using slender bowling pins• Syn: ↑candlepins• Hypernyms: ↑bowling
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bowling pin — noun a club shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target • Syn: ↑pin • Hypernyms: ↑bowling equipment • Hyponyms: ↑candlepin, ↑duckpin, ↑headpin, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
candlepin — noun a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin • Hypernyms: ↑bowling pin, ↑pin * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a slender nearly cylindrical bowling pin tapering toward top and bottom 2. candlepins plural but singular in construction … Useful english dictionary
candlepin — noun Date: 1901 1. a slender bowling pin tapering toward top and bottom 2. plural but singular in construction a bowling game using candlepins and a smaller ball than that used in tenpins … New Collegiate Dictionary
