bowling

English Thesaurus

1. the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc (noun.act)

hypernym	:	playing,
definition	:	the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation (noun.act)

part holonym	:	bowl, roll,
definition	:	the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) (noun.act)

part holonym	:	run-up,
definition	:	the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed (noun.act)

domain member category	:	bowl,
definition	:	roll (a ball) (verb.motion)

2. (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman (noun.act)

hypernym	:	throw,
definition	:	the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	chinaman,
definition	:	a ball bowled by a left-handed bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg (noun.act)

hyponym	:	bosie, bosie ball, googly, wrong 'un,
definition	:	a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way (noun.act)

hyponym	:	no ball,
definition	:	unlawfully delivered ball in cricket (noun.act)

domain category	:	cricket,
definition	:	a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs (noun.act)

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

hypernym	:	game,
definition	:	a contest with rules to determine a winner (noun.act)

hyponym	:	tenpin bowling, tenpins,
definition	:	bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins (noun.act)

hyponym	:	ninepins, skittles,
definition	:	a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins (noun.act)

hyponym	:	duckpins,
definition	:	a bowling game using a pin smaller than a tenpin but proportionately wider (noun.act)

hyponym	:	candlepin bowling, candlepins,
definition	:	a bowling game using slender bowling pins (noun.act)

hyponym	:	bowls, lawn bowling,
definition	:	a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack (noun.act)

hyponym	:	bocce, bocci, boccie,
definition	:	Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court (noun.act)

part holonym	:	frame,
definition	:	one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided (noun.act)

domain member category	:	pocket,
definition	:	(bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left (noun.shape)

domain member category	:	convert,
definition	:	score (a spare) (verb.competition)