rink
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1.2
- noun
- /rɪŋk/
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pista de patinaje
- We were usually in a hurry to get to the skating rink at the State Fair Grounds.
- skating rink
- ice rink
- roller rink
Right Now, that's clean, fresh ice on a rink.
- Right Now, that's clean, fresh ice on a rink.
- And she is very clearly up against the glass near the hockey rink.
- Christie and I met in line waiting to go into a roller rink for a Christian college social.
- And also kind of looks like a hockey rink with the colors, the red and the white and the blue.
- I had a roller rink birthday when I was young and I remember this young, this young black gentleman came to the party and nobody knew him.
- One of the neighbors that I had known from the skating rink happened to be a weed dealer.
- Spend their weekends at the roller skating rink.
Examples
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But in my school, every single Friday night at the happy Jay skating rink, which was just over the bridge.
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Bill White's signing some autographs down at the rink on Saturday.
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And then the ice rink is down there.
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You know, over at the... over at the rink by the library.
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At this time, both teams are assigned one half of the rink on which to warm up.
Academic text (1995) -
We were skating at the time, round and round the big rink at the edge of town.
Fiction book (1993) -
I'll meet you at the skating rink later.
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She's been around the ice rink a time or two.
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What I want you to do is come down to the rink tomorrow and come out for a tryout.
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I'll meet you at the rink later to watch the skating competition.
Synonyms
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2.2
A place with a smooth surface for ice or roller skating
10
2.0
An area with a floor of ice for skating or hockey
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2.7
A place with smooth ice where people skate or play hockey
An area of ice with lines and goals where people play ice hockey
Compounds
How Prepared
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rink comes from a Scots word meaning 'course' or 'playing place', like a ring where people meet to race or play. That's why a rink today is a special, smooth area for ice or roller skating.