figure skate

American  

noun

figure skates plural

1. a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• figure skates
  plural

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figure skate

Despite my frugality, I still figure skate, a sport where a single bedazzled dress can cost $800.

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2022

Phantasia Mayner, of the Seattle club, says, “I love to skate — but not figure skate — but the speed of skating.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2022

"I grew up watching Dancing On Ice and my mum actually used to be a figure skate," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2021

Learning to figure skate in a movie can’t be easy for an actor/actress but how about acting in a movie for a competitive figure skater?

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 1, 2018

What's unique about Yuzuru Hanyu's figure skate is that it beautifully combines art and athleticism together.

From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2018