tenpins

noun
UK /ˈtɛnpɪnz/
US /ˈtɛnpɪnz/

Tenpins is a bowling game where you try to knock down ten pins with a ball.

We played tenpins at the bowling alley on Saturday.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. The ten bottle-shaped pins used in this game.

The tenpins were set up in a triangle at the end of the lane.

3. A game similar to bowling in which players roll a ball to knock down pins.

Tenpins is popular at family birthday parties.

4. The pins themselves considered as a set of equipment.

He stacked the tenpins neatly after the game.