"bowling green" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bowling greens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bowling green (plural bowling greens)
  1. A finely-laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of lawn for playing the game of bowls. Wikipedia link: bowling green Categories (topical): Bowls (game) Synonyms: bowling-green Derived forms: as smooth as a bowling green, smooth as a bowling green Related terms: crown green Translations (a rolled area of lawn for playing bowls): nurmikeilailukenttä (Finnish), papa purei maita (Maori), papa maita (Maori)

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