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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A smooth, level wooden lane used in bowling.
- noun A building or room containing lanes for bowling.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A covered place for the game of bowls, provided with a passage or alley of smooth planking on which to roll the balls. See
ninepins .
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- noun A building which contains lanes for
bowling .
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- noun a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins
- noun a building that contains several alleys for bowling
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treeseed commented on the word bowling alley
In the U.S., an establishment where individuals and teams go to play the sport of ten-pin bowling. Usually has a bar and snack-bar as well as pool tables and pin ball machines.
February 4, 2008