tenpin

tenpin
tenpin [tenpin΄]
n.
a pin used in the game of tenpins

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ten·pin (tĕnʹpĭn') n.
1. One of the bottle-shaped pins used in bowling.
2. tenpins (used with a sing. verb) See bowling.

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  • tenpin — ► NOUN 1) a skittle used in tenpin bowling. 2) (tenpins) (treated as sing. ) N. Amer. tenpin bowling …   English terms dictionary

  • tenpin — [tenpin΄] n. a pin used in the game of tenpins …   English World dictionary

  • tenpin — UK [ˈtenpɪn] / US [ˈtenˌpɪn] noun [countable] Word forms tenpin : singular tenpin plural tenpins one of the ten objects shaped like bottles that you try to knock over in the game of tenpin bowling …   English dictionary

  • tenpin — n. 1 a pin used in tenpin bowling. 2 (in pl.) US = tenpin bowling. Phrases and idioms: tenpin bowling a game developed from ninepins in which ten pins are set up at the end of an alley and bowled down with hard rubber balls …   Useful english dictionary

  • tenpin — noun a skittle used in tenpin bowling. ↘(tenpins) [treated as sing.] N. Amer. tenpin bowling …   English new terms dictionary

  • tenpin — /ˈtɛnpɪn/ (say tenpin) noun one of the pins used in tenpin bowling …  

  • tenpin — noun Any of the bottle shaped targets used in tenpin bowling …   Wiktionary

  • tenpin — noun Tenpin is used before these nouns: ↑bowling …   Collocations dictionary

  • tenpin bowling — n [U] BrE an indoor sport in which you roll a heavy ball along a floor to knock down bottle shaped wooden objects American Equivalent: bowling …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tenpin bowling — noun uncount BRITISH BOWLING …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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