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Kegel

Kegel

9.5
A wooden pin used in a game like bowling
  • noun
  • /ˈkeɪɡəl/
  • UK
translation icon : kegel
  • The game of nine-pin bowling uses Kegels instead of balls.

Examples

  • He knocked down all the Kegels in one throw!

  • He carved a new Kegel to replace the one that had cracked.

  • Each Kegel was carefully set up before the start of the game.

  • The children cheered as all the Kegel fell with a single throw.

  • Each Kegel was carefully set up before the start of the game.

  • The children cheered as all the Kegel fell with a single throw.

  • He carved a new Kegel to replace the one that had cracked.

Synonyms

pin
vsKegel
49 1.3

A wooden object shaped like a club set up to be knocked down in bowling

is narrower, referring to that object within one specific traditional game
bowling pin
vsKegel
3 1.4

A heavy wooden thing shaped like a club that players try to knock down in bowling

is smaller and used in the single-row traditional game rather than ten-pin sets
skittle
vsKegel
  • UK
1 8.1

A small wooden pin used as the target in a game like bowling

is the same object but often called by a foreign-language term elsewhere
ninepin
vsKegel
  • UK
1 8.8

A wooden pin in a game like bowling that players knock down

is the same wooden object but named differently in another language
skittle pin
vsKegel
  • UK
6.8

A small wooden target that players knock down in the game of skittles

means the same object but goes by a different original-language name

Compounds

Kegel exercises
  • Specialized
1 4.1

Exercises that strengthen the muscles at the base of the pelvis to help bladder control and pelvic health

Surface Forms

Kegel singular
Kegels plural

Etymology

Kegel comes from the German word Kegel, which means 'cone' or 'skittle'. So a Kegel is the cone-shaped wooden pin used in the game of nine-pin bowling.