ice skate
noun
ice skates
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pluralof ice skate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Others have enjoyed their snow day by getting out the sleds or ice skates.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026
I do think there’s a little bit of, he’s on ice skates a little bit more than he typically is.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2024
While roller skates used to be only 20% of Harlick’s business, they’re now more popular than ice skates.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2022
Picture going for a whirl in a swiveling office chair—or, if you’d prefer a sportier option, popping on a pair of ice skates and taking a spin.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 19, 2022
I must say I toyed with the idea of making ice skates.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
As well as the perfume atomiser, Florjancic's inventions include plastic ice-skates and the plastic photographic slide frame.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2020
From Monte Carlo he moved to Villach, Austria, in 1963, where he would invent plastic ice-skates and the plastic photographic slide frame.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2011
L. C. Hamlin, Grand Junction, Mich., a U.S. flag 5 feet by 3 feet and a pair of extension, nickel-plated ice-skates for a watch.
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892 by James Elverson
The youth carried two pairs of ice-skates slung over his shoulder; as he entered the room he flung them clattering to the floor.
From The Girl in the Golden Atom by Ray Cummings
The two presents that Sunny Boy liked most were a little pocket searchlight and his ice-skates.
From Sunny Boy and His Playmates by Howard L. (Howard Livingston) Hastings
