Bowling: English Vocabulary List

a type of bowling where players use smaller balls and tall, narrow pins

"Candlepin bowling uses thin pins."

"Candlepin bowling used narrow cylindrical pins and a small ball without finger holes."

a type of bowling game using smaller and lighter pins and balls compared to traditional tenpin bowling

"Duckpin bowling uses small balls and pins."

"Duckpin bowling used smaller pins and balls than regular bowling and allowed three rolls per frame."

a variation of bowling played with smaller pins and a smaller ball, commonly found in Canada

"Five-pin bowling has smaller balls."

"Five pin bowling was a Canadian variant with smaller pins worth different point values."

an extra item kept available for use as a replacement or backup

"I need spare part."

"The mechanic ordered a spare part to repair the broken washing machine as quickly as possible."

a scoring situation in bowling where a player does not knock down all ten pins within the two rolls of a frame

"The open frame scores no bonus."

"The bowler was disappointed with an open frame after failing to knock down all pins in two rolls."

(bowling) the number of pins knocked down by a single ball roll

"The pinfall is 147 after three frames."

"The total pinfall after ten frames determined the winner of the bowling match."

the mechanical or manual process of arranging the pins after they have been knocked down in bowling

"Pinsetting is now automated."

"Pinsetting was once done manually by workers sitting behind the pins before machines were invented."

a method of throwing the ball upwards in bowling, usually making it harder to aim and control

"The upcast is difficult."

"The bowler attempted an upcast, but the ball went wide of the pins."

a strike in bowling, where a player knocks down all ten pins with the first roll of the frame

"A ten-strike knocks down all pins."

"The crowd cheered when the bowler rolled a ten strike in the final frame of the championship."

a traditional Italian bowling game where players try to roll their balls as close as possible to a smaller target ball

"Bocce is a game."

"Bocce players underhand tossed heavy balls toward a smaller target ball called the pallino."

(bowling) to place a pin back in its original position after it has been knocked down or moved

"He will respot pins."

"The referee had to respot the black ball correctly on its designated mark before the next shot."