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bowling score

bowling score

1 2.3
The total number of points a player or team gets in a game of bowling
  • noun
translation icon : puntuación de bolos
  • The team was thrilled to achieve a perfect bowling score of 300 in the final match.

Examples

  • If I cocked an ear in their direction, I could keep tabs on them while listening to Pop-Pop reel off last week's bowling scores.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • All winter long I gotta listen to him gripe about his bowling scores.

    The French Connection (1971)

  • He referred to his bad bowling score as qualifying him for the Special Olympics.

    Blog text (30)

  • After every game, I check my bowling score to see how well I did.

  • She celebrated her highest bowling score of the season with a party.

Synonyms

score
vsbowling score
842 1.3

The number of points earned in a game or test

is specific to one game's total points rather than to points in general

Surface Forms

bowling score singular
bowling scores plural

Morphology

bowling + score

The meaning 'the total number of points achieved in a game of bowling' is directly and compositionally derived from 'bowling' (the sport) + 'score' (total points). This sport+score pattern is a common, productive construction across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the phrase.

Etymology

Bowling score comes from the sport of bowling: players roll a ball to knock down pins and the score is the total points shown on the scoreboard. So, bowling score means 'the total number of points' a player or team gets in a game.