TENPIN

tenpin

(noun) one of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tenpin (countable and uncountable, plural tenpins)

(countable) Any of the bottle-shaped targets used in tenpin bowling.

(uncountable) The game of ten-pin bowling.

Anagrams

• pinnet

Source: Wiktionary



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