rink

[ ringk ]

/ rɪŋk /

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noun

a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.

a smooth floor, usually of wood, for roller-skating.

a building or enclosure for ice-skating or roller-skating; skating arena.

an area of ice marked off for the game of curling.

a section of a bowling green where a match can be played.

a set of players on one side in a lawn-bowling or curling match.

Nearby words

ringtone, ringtoss, ringwomb, ringwood, ringworm, rink, rink rat, rinkhals, rinky-dink, rinky-tink, rinne's test

Origin of rink

1325–75; Middle English (Scots) renk area for a battle, joust, or race, apparently < Middle French renc rank¹

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Examples from the Web for rink

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Tens of millions of others watch their sports heroes wrangle on court, field, rink and racetrack.
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You recall your sufferings during your first days upon the ice, or on the rink.
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The rink and the ground opposite the hotel were in full tilt.
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We might go down to the rink father had made on purpose for Horatia.
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HE world is like a rink, you know: You lose your wheel, and come to woe!
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While in the first tradition the moon is a man carrying a glowing light, in the other she is the moon mans house (Rink, p. 440).
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British Dictionary definitions for rink

rink

/ (rɪŋk) /

noun

an expanse of ice for skating on, esp one that is artificially prepared and under cover

an area for roller skating on

a building or enclosure for ice skating or roller skating

bowls a strip of the green, usually about 5–7 metres wide, on which a game is played

curling the strip of ice on which the game is played, usually 41 by 4 metres

(in bowls and curling) the players on one side in a game

Word Origin for rink

C14 (Scots): from Old French renc row, rank 1

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