Definition

Noun: 1. A flat, rectangular area of very short, carefully maintained grass used for playing the game of bowls (lawn bowls). This is the primary and most common meaning. It is a precisely prepared playing surface. 2. A town in the U.S. state of Kentucky. This is a proper noun referring to a specific geographic location.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Playing Field):

  • The club members spent the afternoon on the bowling green.
  • Maintaining a perfect bowling green requires a lot of skill and care.
  • They rolled the woods toward the jack on the smooth bowling green.

• Noun (Proper Noun - Town):

  • Bowling Green is the home of Western Kentucky University.
  • We drove through Bowling Green, Kentucky, on our way to Nashville.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used metonymically to refer to the sport of lawn bowls or the club associated with it.
  • He has dedicated his life to the bowling green. (Meaning the sport or the community of bowls.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bowls (noun): The game played on a bowling green. Also called .
• Green (noun): In the context of sports like golf or bowls, a closely mowed area forming part of the playing field. A is a specific type of green.
• Rink (noun): In bowls, a defined lane or section of the bowling green on which a game is played.

Synonyms

• For the playing field: Lawn bowling green, bowls green, bowling lawn.
• For the town: (None; it is a unique proper noun.)

Related Phrases

• To take to the green: To begin playing a game of bowls.
  • After tea, the players took to the green.

Noun

1. a field of closely mowed turf for playing bowls
2. a town in southern Kentucky