open frame

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open frame

The bowler had an open frame in the eighth game.

Definition

Noun: 1. In Ten-Pin Bowling: A frame in which the bowler does not knock down all ten pins with their two allotted throws, and therefore does not score a strike or a spare. The frame's score is simply the total number of pins knocked down in that frame alone.

Usage

The term is used exclusively in the sport of ten-pin bowling to describe and score a specific, incomplete outcome within a game. * He had an open frame in the third, which hurt his total score. * To win, you must avoid open frames and convert spares.

Advanced Usage
  • "to leave an open frame": This phrasal construction describes the action of failing to make a strike or spare.
    • Leaving an open frame in the final game cost her the championship.
Variants and Related Words
  • Strike (n): Knocking down all ten pins with the first throw in a frame.
  • Spare (n): Knocking down all remaining pins with the second throw in a frame.
  • Frame (n): One of the ten turns or segments that make up a complete game of bowling.
Synonyms
  • Incomplete frame: (A descriptive synonym, though "open frame" is the standard technical term.)
  • Missed frame: (A less formal, descriptive term.)
Antonyms
  • Strike
  • Spare
  • Mark: (A general bowling term for either a strike or a spare.)
open frame

The bowler had an open frame in the eighth game.

Noun
  1. any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
    • the break in the eighth frame cost him the match

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