bowling green
noun
a level, closely mowed green for lawn bowling.
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Bowling Greennouna city in S Kentucky.
bowling green
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Bowling Green
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American
noun
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a city in S Kentucky.
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a city in NW Ohio.
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a small open area near the S tip of Manhattan in New York City, at the foot of Broadway.
bowling green
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noun
Etymology
Origin of bowling green
First recorded in 1640–50
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Fillongley Provincial Park was an early-20th-century private estate, whose former bowling green is now a wildflower meadow ringed by imported deciduous trees.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
The passenger train pulls away from the station, picking up speed as it passes a busy bowling green and people relaxing on deckchairs.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2019
When Dr. Slop offers witless barbs, Toby gently submits, wishing no harm on anyone, desiring only to potter about his bowling green, or to sit soothing a brother’s distress.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2016
The most eccentric of Glasheen's quirks is his insistence on maintaining a large – and largely brown – bowling green, which he cuts with a petrol-powered mower.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 23, 2013
It was on a summer evening; and we were all on the bowling green, and her Grace was within doors, not to be disturbed.
From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh
The parade, which kicks off at 1400 GMT, will see the Knicks travel from Bowling Green at the bottom of Manhattan to City Hall, a 10-block route known as the "Canyon of Heroes."
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Bowling Green State University and San Diego State University are among the schools either assessing or pursuing the idea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Corrections & Amplifications Bowling Green State University was incorrectly referred to as Bowling Green University in an earlier version of this article.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2025
In 2024, a team of Bowling Green State University biology students recorded a significant reduction in cyanobacteria in Northwest Ohio’s Sandusky Bay thanks to the removal of an upstream dam.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2025
It was Union soldiers but, incredibly, they rode right past the front gate and raced on toward Bowling Green in pursuit of Willie Jett!
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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