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CANDLEPIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does candlepin mean?
• CANDLEPIN (noun)
The noun CANDLEPIN has 1 sense:
1. a bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin
Familiarity information: CANDLEPIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bowling pin that is thin by comparison with a tenpin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("candlepin" is a kind of...):
bowling pin; pin (a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target)
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