bowling ball

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noun

a round, heavy ball for bowling, usually made of hard rubber or plastic, with holes drilled into it for the bowler's thumb and two fingers.

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How to use bowling ball in a sentence

A bowling ball and a balloon might be the same size, but one has a lot more mass than the other.
Scientists Say: Mass|Bethany Brookshire|August 23, 2021|Science News For Students
The kinds of holes mathematicians are looking for — closed and hollow — are found in basketballs, but not bowls or bowling balls.
How Mathematicians Use Homology to Make Sense of Topology|Kelsey Houston-Edwards|May 11, 2021|Quanta Magazine
The same amount of force would take longer to stop a bowling ball than to halt the soccer ball.
Scientists Say: Momentum|Carolyn Wilke|May 25, 2020|Science News For Students
The 18-inch air ducts that feed the pipe rooms are each over 50 feet in length, large enough to fit a bowling ball.
How to Save Silent Movies: Inside New Jersey’s Cinema Paradiso|Rich Goldstein|October 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Nagle heard of one guy who got slammed in the stomach by a bowling ball that came rocketing out the back of the truck.
Dirty Jobs NYC: The Heroes of Trash|Josh Dzieza|April 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She was swinging the bowling-ball-shaped satchel at her side.
Hunters Out of Space|Joseph Everidge Kelleam
Nothing—except—small bowling-ball things rolling in through a narrow door.
The Beast of Space|F.E. Hardart
He remembered holding the three boys at once, heavy as a bowling ball.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town|Cory Doctorow
At the end of the rollway the log collided with other logs and stopped with the impact of one bowling ball against another.
The Blazed Trail|Stewart Edward White