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Definition of Bowling ball
1. Noun. A large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling.
Generic synonyms: Ball
Group relationships: Bowling Equipment
Terms within: Finger Hole, Thumbhole
Definition of Bowling ball
1. Noun. (bowling) A solid ball used in the sport of bowling, with finger holes allowing it to be picked up. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowling Ball
Literary usage of Bowling ball
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Newtonian Physics by Benjamin Crowell (2003)
"4.5 Inertial and Noninertial Frames of Reference One day, you're driving down
the street in your pickup truck, on your way to deliver a bowling ball. ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1851)
"... or king, and followed by two harlequins, each bearing a bowling ball at least
three feet in diameter, made of canvas, painted, and stretched on a frame. ..."
3. The Realities of Modern Science: An Introduction for the General Reader by John Mills (1919)
"So far as his motion is concerned he is to all intents and purposes a bowling ball.
His reaction on A makes no difference whatever in his own motion, ..."
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