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bowling green

bowl·ing green
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [boh-ling green]
    • /ˈboʊ lɪŋ grin/
    • /ˈbəʊ.lɪŋ ɡriːn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [boh-ling green]
    • /ˈboʊ lɪŋ grin/

Definitions of bowling green words

  • countable noun bowling green A bowling green is an area of very smooth, short grass on which the game of bowls or lawn bowling is played. 3
  • noun bowling green an area of closely mown turf on which the game of bowls is played 3
  • noun bowling green a smooth lawn for the game of lawn bowling 3
  • noun bowling green lawn bowling. 1
  • noun bowling green lawn where bowls is played 1
  • noun bowling green A finely-laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of lawn for playing the game of bowls. 0
See all 6 definitions of bowling green

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Origin of bowling green

First appearance:

before 1640
One of the 44% oldest English words
First recorded in 1640-50

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Parts of speech for Bowling green

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Bowling green

bowling green popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

bowling green usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for bowling green

noun bowling green

  • bowling on the green — lawn bowling.
  • bowls — a game played on a bowling green in which a small bowl (the jack) is pitched from a mark and two opponents or opposing teams take turns to roll biased wooden bowls towards it, the object being to finish as near the jack as possible
All 2 Synonyms of bowling green

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