rink

American  

[ringk] / rɪŋk /

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.

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rink British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of rink

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

Example Sentences

It was the rink's second runners-up medal following a loss to Sweden in China four years ago.

From BBC

His rink have won two World Championships and a couple of European crowns as well as a record 12 Grand Slam titles since the last Games.

From BBC

Bruce Mouat's rink will face Canada - their oldest rivals - in the men's event in Cortina, high in the Dolomites in the north of Italy.

From BBC

In a place where history looks down from the wooden bleachers, these four will attempt to make their own by becoming the first GB men's rink in 102 years to win Olympic gold.

From BBC

He acknowledges he brought a radar gun to the rink to clock her speed.

From The Wall Street Journal

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