bowling ball
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1.8
- noun
- /ˈboʊlɪŋ bɔl/
:
bola de bolos
- The bowling ball thuds into his chest and lifts him off his feet.
Imagine a children's bowling ball thrown twice as fast as a Major League Baseball fastball.
- Imagine a children's bowling ball thrown twice as fast as a Major League Baseball fastball.
- And then the drag equation will tell you Who Will Win the drag race like which object will hit the ground first between the human and the bowling ball if got from a plane.
- It's got a mouse, a human brain, a bowling ball, a hot air balloon, and Earth.
- In the ball region, that's some serious dark arts where your balls blow up the size of a a bowling ball.
- We've got homeless man throwing chairs, lamps, rocks, rocks a lot, but more than anything else, just bottles, fucking bowling balls and shit.
Examples
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I bought a new bowling ball to improve my game at the alley.
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Um, what are you doing with my bowling ball?
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I also bought a new bowling ball.
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The boys had fun picking out bowling balls in every color they could find.
Blog text (21) -
The path of a bowling ball depends on the quality of its release from the hand of the bowler.
Academic text (2011) -
One by one, the pins fall as the banker bowling ball clears the alley.
Blog text (8) -
The bowling ball rolled smoothly down the lane, knocking down all the pins.
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She practiced her throw with a heavy bowling ball to build strength.
Synonyms
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a ball used for bowling' is directly and transparently built from 'bowling' (the sport) + 'ball' (a round play object). This noun–noun compounding is a standard, compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the intended object.
Etymology
Bowling ball is simply the heavy ball used in the game of bowling. It has finger holes and is rolled to 'knock down pins', so the name shows its purpose today.