Wondering how to use Skittle in a sentence? Below are 7 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as pin or bowl.
Skittle meaning
One of the wooden targets used in skittles.
Using Skittle
- The main meaning on this page is: One of the wooden targets used in skittles.
- Useful related words include: ninepin, skittle pin, bowling pin, pin.
- In the example corpus, skittle often appears in combinations such as: skittle alley, former skittle, and skittle.
Context around Skittle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Skittle
- In this selection, "skittle" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 30.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, former, helped, alley, rainbow and trees stand out and add context to how "skittle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include for helped skittle the opposition and loaded with skittle trees. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "skittle" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with skittle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Somebody please take her away to some island made of brown sugar and loaded with Skittle Trees! (17 words)
The other will see the skittle alley retained and converted alongside the pub to provide a total of five permanent homes. (21 words)
Dorset Property Services has now applied to turn the former skittle alley into five en-suite holiday lets, with patrons using the existing pub car park. (26 words)
Change of use of public house and beer store to 3 No. dwellings with demolition of outbuilding and skittle alley and erection of 2 No. dwellings with associated landscaping and car parking at The White Hart, Pitminster Road, Corfe. (39 words)
All hand-made, there's no 'funny' powders or E numbers, and, as well as traditional favourites like vanilla, they also experiment with other varieties such as hot cross bun, vanilla bean, fresh raspberry swirl and Skittle rainbow. (38 words)
Two access options are proposed for the development - with current existing access from Pitminster Road consisting of car park access, and separate access to a 'servicing area' between the pub building and the outbuilding (former skittle alley). (37 words)
Somebody please take her away to some island made of brown sugar and loaded with Skittle Trees! (17 words)
Example sentences (7)
Dorset Property Services has now applied to turn the former skittle alley into five en-suite holiday lets, with patrons using the existing pub car park.
Gardner’s maiden international five-for helped skittle the opposition for just 76 runs inside 14 overs as the reigning champions successfully defended 173 on a two-paced surface in Paarl, South Africa on Saturday.
All hand-made, there's no 'funny' powders or E numbers, and, as well as traditional favourites like vanilla, they also experiment with other varieties such as hot cross bun, vanilla bean, fresh raspberry swirl and Skittle rainbow.
Change of use of public house and beer store to 3 No. dwellings with demolition of outbuilding and skittle alley and erection of 2 No. dwellings with associated landscaping and car parking at The White Hart, Pitminster Road, Corfe.
The other will see the skittle alley retained and converted alongside the pub to provide a total of five permanent homes.
Two access options are proposed for the development - with current existing access from Pitminster Road consisting of car park access, and separate access to a 'servicing area' between the pub building and the outbuilding (former skittle alley).
Somebody please take her away to some island made of brown sugar and loaded with Skittle Trees!
Common combinations with skittle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: