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bowling alley
[ boh-ling al-ee ]
noun
- a building or enclosed area containing a number of lanes or alleys for the game of bowling.
- any of these long, narrow wooden lanes or alleys.
bowling alley
noun
- a long narrow wooden lane down which the ball is rolled in tenpin bowling
- a similar lane or alley, usually with raised sides, for playing skittles (ninepins)
- a building having several lanes for tenpin bowling
Word History and Origins
Origin of bowling alley1
Example Sentences
Shops, bars, restaurants and leisure facilities, such as a bowling alley and cinema, are available to troops and contractors.
The first time I saw them was across the room in a bowling alley.
Council run-facilities such as swimming pools, soft-play areas and the island's two-lane bowling alley are also shut, even though the local authority allows similar facilities to open on other islands.
A cinema advertises screenings of Alien and Borderlands, and there is even a bowling alley and a museum with a gift shop attached, though I was not allowed inside.
Meanwhile customers were forced to leave a bowling alley in Stafford when part of the ceiling collapsed as rain poured in.
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