OPEN FRAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does open frame mean? 

• OPEN FRAME (noun)
  The noun OPEN FRAME has 1 sense:

1. any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare

  Familiarity information: OPEN FRAME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPEN FRAME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

break; open frame

Context example:

the break in the eighth frame cost him the match

Hypernyms ("open frame" is a kind of...):

score (the act of scoring in a game or sport)