rink

[ringk]

noun

1. a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.

2. a smooth floor, usually of wood, for roller-skating.

3. a building or enclosure for ice-skating or roller-skating; skating arena.

4. an area of ice marked off for the game of curling.

5. a section of a bowling green where a match can be played.

6. a set of players on one side in a lawn-bowling or curling match.

rink

/ rɪŋk /

noun

1. an expanse of ice for skating on, esp one that is artificially prepared and under cover

2. an area for roller skating on

3. a building or enclosure for ice skating or roller skating

4. bowls a strip of the green, usually about 5–7 metres wide, on which a game is played

5. curling the strip of ice on which the game is played, usually 41 by 4 metres

6. (in bowls and curling) the players on one side in a game

Word History and Origins

Origin of rink¹

1325–75; Middle English ( Scots ) renk area for a battle, joust, or race, apparently < Middle French renc rank ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of rink¹

C14 (Scots): from Old French renc row, _rank ¹

Example Sentences

Let’s replace Broadway with a bunch of rinks—and ask Stanley Cup hockey teams to send us all into the riveted rapture.

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They're using their hockey sticks to propel themselves around the rink.

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The answers: Rockefeller Center ice-skating rink and red oatmeal.

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Dekermenjian went on to play at several levels, became a Kings season-ticket holder and now coaches his two sons on the concrete rink he built in their backyard.

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“We knew they were going to come out hard. It’s their home rink,” he said.

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