BOWLING GREEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bowling Green mean? 

• BOWLING GREEN (noun)
  The noun BOWLING GREEN has 2 senses:

1. a town in southern Kentucky

2. a field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls

  Familiarity information: BOWLING GREEN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOWLING GREEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A town in southern Kentucky

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Bowling Green" is a part of...):

Bluegrass State; Ken.; Kentucky; KY (a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("bowling green" is a kind of...):

athletic field; field; playing area; playing field (a piece of land prepared for playing a game)