bowling ball
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.
bowling balls
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pluralof bowling ball.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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What he really wanted was the pint-size soccer balls, squishy baseballs, plastic bowling balls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2025
On Saturday afternoon, the snow and ice started melting in the sun and falling from trees in her neighborhood, which she said sounded like “somebody’s throwing bowling balls on our roof.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2023
The event rewarded bad play with golf lessons, bowling balls and goldfish.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2022
"Because this goes beyond throwing bowling balls on my car."
From Salon ● May 24, 2022
As I stare into the Teklanika, I can hear rocks the size of bowling balls grinding along the bottom, rolled downstream by the powerful current.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
