alley vs bowling

alley

noun
  • An establishment where bowling is played. 

  • The area between the outfielders. 

  • Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length. 

  • A passageway between rows of pews in a church. 

  • A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings. 

  • A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes. 

  • The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office. 

  • The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches. 

  • A glass marble or taw. 

  • An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled. 

bowling

noun
  • Road bowling. 

  • Candlepin bowling. 

  • The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman. 

  • A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling 

  • A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture. 

  • Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors. 

  • The action of the verb bowl. 

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