ice skate

¹

noun

1. a shoe fitted with a metal blade for skating skate on ice.

2. skate.

ice-skate

²

[ahys-skeyt]

verb (used without object)

ice-skated, ice-skating 

1. to skate on ice.

ice skate

noun

1. a boot having a steel blade fitted to the sole to enable the wearer to glide swiftly over ice

2. the steel blade on such a boot or shoe

verb

1. (intr) to glide swiftly over ice on ice skates

Other Word Forms

• ice-skater noun
• ice skater noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice skate¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Origin of ice skate²

First recorded in 1945–50; v. use of ice skate

Related Words

• glide