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English noun: bowling | |||
| 1. | bowling (act) a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | game | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bocce, bocci, boccie, bowls, candlepin bowling, candlepins, duckpins, lawn bowling, ninepins, skittles, tenpin bowling, tenpins | ||
| Part holonym | frame | ||
| Domain category members | convert, pocket | ||
| 2. | bowling (act) (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | throw | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bosie, bosie ball, Chinaman, googly, no ball, wrong 'un | ||
| Domain category | cricket | ||
| 3. | bowling (act) the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | playing | ||
| Part holonym | bowl, roll, run-up | ||
| Domain category members | bowl | ||
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