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rink
[ ringk ]
noun
- a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- a smooth floor, usually of wood, for roller-skating.
- a building or enclosure for ice-skating or roller-skating; skating arena.
- an area of ice marked off for the game of curling.
- a section of a bowling green where a match can be played.
- a set of players on one side in a lawn-bowling or curling match.
rink
/ ɪŋ /
noun
- an expanse of ice for skating on, esp one that is artificially prepared and under cover
- an area for roller skating on
- a building or enclosure for ice skating or roller skating
- bowls a strip of the green, usually about 5–7 metres wide, on which a game is played
- curling the strip of ice on which the game is played, usually 41 by 4 metres
- (in bowls and curling) the players on one side in a game
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of rink1
Example Sentences
“We knew they were going to come out hard. It’s their home rink,” he said.
The Kings’ practice rink in El Segundo is empty save for two men circling each other near the blue line, ready to fight.
For Black Angelenos, it’s a tradition that dates back to the 1950s and remains prominent today despite the lack of rinks in the city.
A solitary point in the final end proved decisive for world number one Bruce Mouat's rink, who beat Sweden and Canada to reach the gold medal match after a topsy-turvy round-robin stage.
When he returned to L.A. in the 1980s, he said, he earned his reputation by beating people up in the parking lot of the World on Wheels Mid-City skating rink.
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