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

“So if you weren’t curling you’d go hang out at the curling rink. It’s a community thing. It’s like everyone gets together.”

From Los Angeles Times

Crowds pressed around an ice rink blasting Christmas classics, barely audible over the joyous screams of children swaying on a pendulum ride nearby.

From Barron's

But there are also multiple music stages, craft stalls, vendors offering traditional Croatian food, art installations, and an enormous ice rink.

From BBC

A spokesperson for the site developer told AFP on Tuesday that the rink would be ready "in January" and that 580 people were working "on the site in two shifts".

From Barron's

Woven through the expanse of data centers are new stores, residential neighborhoods, an ice skating rink and public facilities that prove this town is in no way short of money.

From Barron's

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