ten-strike

1. 1.

   a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball

   “he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame”

   Synonymsstrike

   Broaderscore

Questions about ten-strike

What does ten-strike mean?

ten-strike means "a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball".

How many syllables are in ten-strike?

ten-strike has 2 syllables and divides as ten--strike under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ten-strike?

Close synonyms include strike. 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.