bowling alley in English

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bowling alley.wav [US] Forms: bowling alley [singular], bowling alleys [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]

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    {
      "form": "bowling alley",
      "tags": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We went to the bowling alley for a game."
        }
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        "A bowling alley is a building where 10 pin bowling is played."
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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bowling alley",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bowling alleys",
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        "A bowling alley is a building where 10 pin bowling is played."
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"bowling alley" meaning in English

Noun