Meaning & use
Tenpin
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One of the ten wooden or synthetic pins used as targets in standard bowling; also used to describe that form of bowling.
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He knocked down all ten tenpins for a strike.
The alley hosts a tenpin league every Thursday night.
A note on using this word
Distinguishes the common ten-pin form of bowling from variants like candlepin or duckpin bowling.
Words with a similar meaning
bowling pin
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