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# ninepins

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

«ninepins» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A game in which a ball is rolled at nine wooden pins set up in a diamond shape, to knock them down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninepins/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninepins/#x1)
- The men set up nine pins and began to play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninepins/#x2)
- Ninepins is like skittles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninepins/#x3)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ninepins» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/ninepins/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ninepins» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ninepins.html) on Mova free.