bowling league
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈboʊlɪŋ liɡ/
:
liga de bolos
- The local bowling league meets every Thursday night at the city lanes to compete for points.
- join a bowling league
- night bowling league
- go to a bowling league
You may or may not know that there are these things called bowling leagues, and that's usually on Saturday.
- You may or may not know that there are these things called bowling leagues, and that's usually on Saturday.
- Rusted out steel mills, closing churches, the old clubs, the VFW's, the Rotary, the bowling leagues, they're all dying.
Examples
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She told me about a bowling league in which the casts of theatrical shows had teams that bowled against each other late at night after the performances.
Academic text (2005) -
I'll be getting into the law enforcement bowling league too.
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We both grew up in the bowling league, and my bro played football as well.
Blog text (11) -
You wouldn't happen to be in a bowling league, would you?
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You may or may not know that there are these things called bowling leagues, and that's usually on Saturday.
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During your season (yes, the season belonged to you), I was in a mixed bowling league.
Blog text (5) -
My friends and I have joined a weekly bowling league where teams compete for the championship.
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After signing up for the bowling league, we quickly started practicing to improve our scores.
Synonyms
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A group of teams that play each other in a competition
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound combines 'bowling' (the sport) with 'league' (an organization managing competitions), so its meaning of an organized competition of bowling teams is directly and transparently derived from the constituents. This noun+noun compositional pattern (sport + league) is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English word-formation, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Bowling league is very literal: bowling means the sport and league means a group of teams. Imagine teams meeting each week at the same alley to play matches and keep scores across a 'season', and that's why the phrase means 'an organized group of bowling teams that compete over a season'.