lawn bowling

lawn bowl·ing

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [lawn boh-ling]
- /lɔn ˈboʊ lɪŋ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [lawn boh-ling]
- /lɔn ˈboʊ lɪŋ/

Definitions of lawn bowling words

noun lawn bowling a game played with wooden balls on a level, closely mowed green having a slight bias, the object being to roll one's ball as near as possible to a smaller white ball at the other end of the green. Also called bowls, bowling on the green. Compare bowl2 (def 2), bowling green, jack1 (def 7), rink (def 5). 1
noun lawn bowling sport: bowls played on a green 1
uncountable noun lawn bowling Lawn bowling is a game in which players try to roll large wooden balls as near as possible to a small wooden ball. Lawn bowling is usually played outdoors on grass. 0
noun lawn bowling a game played on a smooth lawn with wooden balls, which are rolled to stop as near as possible to a target ball (the jack) 0

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Origin of lawn bowling

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Lawn bowling

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

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lawn bowling popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 75% 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.

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Synonyms for lawn bowling

noun lawn bowling

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

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