BOWLING PIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bowling pin mean? 

• BOWLING PIN (noun)
  The noun BOWLING PIN has 1 sense:

1. a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target

  Familiarity information: BOWLING PIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOWLING PIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bowling pin; pin

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

bowling equipment (equipment used in bowling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bowling pin"):

candlepin (a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin)

duckpin (a bowling pin that is short and squat by comparison with a tenpin)

headpin; kingpin (the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins)

ninepin; skittle; skittle pin (a bowling pin of the type used in playing ninepins or (in England) skittles)

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