Phrase guide

bowling alley

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A building or room which contains lanes for bowling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bowladrome

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alley, skittle alley

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lane

3

noun

Meaning 3

a building that contains several alleys for bowling

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: building, edifice

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: зала за боулинг (zala za bouling) — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Catalan: bowling — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Chinese Cantonese: 保齡球場 /保龄球场 (bou2 ling4 kau4 coeng4) — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Chinese Cantonese: 保齡場 /保龄场 (bou2 ling4 coeng4) — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Chinese Cantonese: 碌齡場 /碌龄场 — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 保齡球館 /保龄球馆 (bǎolíngqiúguǎn) — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Czech: kuželna — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Danish: bowlinghal — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Esperanto: bovlingejo — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Finnish: keilahalli — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • French: allée de bowling — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • French: bowling — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • French: salle de quilles — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • German: Kegelbahn — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • German: Bowlingbahn — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Italian: bocciodromo — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Korean: 볼링장 (bollingjang) — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Lithuanian: boulingo takas — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Lithuanian: boulingas — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Lithuanian: kėglinė — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Polish: kręgielnia — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Romanian: sală de bowling — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Romanian: bowling — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Romanian: popicărie — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Slovak: kolkáreň — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Spanish: bolera — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Spanish: boliche — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Spanish: cancha de bowling — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Swedish: bowlinghall — a building which contains bowling lanes
  • Turkish: bovling salonu — a building which contains bowling lanes