bowling alley vs edifice

bowling alley and edifice both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bowling alley	Yes	No	No	No
edifice	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, edifice is a hypernym of bowling alley; that is, edifice is a word with a broader meaning than bowling alley:

bowling alley: a building that contains several alleys for bowling
edifice: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

Other hypernyms of bowling alley include building.

bowling alley (noun)	edifice (noun)
a lane down which a bowling ball is rolled toward pins	a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
a building that contains several alleys for bowling