"spare ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spare balls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spare ball (plural spare balls)
  1. (tenpin bowling) The situation where all ten pins are knocked down with the second throw in a frame. The points scored by the next ball rolled (in the next frame) are added to the spare's frame's score.
    Sense id: en-spare_ball-en-noun-12IRRsn7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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