hockey skate
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- noun
- /ˈhɑːki skeɪt/
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patín de hockey
- It looked out into the park where she'd learned as a child to skate, all of them, even Lee and Nora, wearing hockey skates and carrying sticks.
- line of hockey skates
Examples
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Hockey skates, barely used, $20.
Fiction book (2002) -
She slung her beat-up hockey skates over her shoulder and headed for the ice rink.
Fiction book (2002) -
That fall, we each acquired secondhand hockey skates at the annual VFW ski-and-skate swap, held in Dalton.
Fiction book (1999) -
As he strapped on his hockey skates, Willie O'Ree could barely contain his excitement.
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My son's sports medicine physician recognized it immediately and cited his hockey skates as the culprit.
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Nick had spared no expense in outfitting Scotty with top-of-the-line hockey skates and all the required protective equipment.
Synonyms
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A shoe with a blade or wheels that you wear to glide on a smooth surface
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A boot with a metal blade that lets you move on ice
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'hockey' (the sport) + 'skate' (a boot with a blade) straightforwardly denotes a skate used for playing hockey. This noun–noun compounding is a productive, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Hockey skate is the name for a skate made for hockey players; imagine a strong boot with a short, stiff blade that helps a player stop and turn quickly on the ice. So the term means 'an ice skate made for playing hockey' and shows the extra support and protection for sudden moves.