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