ninepins

«ninepins» in Mova's school dictionary: rolled at nine wooden pins set up in a diamond shape, to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (ninepins; the game is also called «ninepin»)

meaning for a pupil

A game in which a ball is rolled at nine wooden pins set up in a diamond shape, to knock them down. tree →

sense in the lessons

in the tales, a game played by skeletons or giants, where the nine pins are set up and knocked over.

examples

• We played ninepins at the fair and knocked down six pins. tree →
• The men set up nine pins and began to play. tree →
• Ninepins is like skittles. tree →

note

nothing for maths, except that a set of ninepins has nine pins in it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ninepins» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.