bowling alley

Questions about bowling alley

What does bowling alley mean?

bowling alley means "a building that contains several alleys for bowling". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bowling alley?

Close synonyms include alley, skittle alley. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bowling alley a common word?

bowling alley is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.