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Definition: Skating Rink |
Skating RinkNoun1. Building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | A stretch of ice for the purpose of skating. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang | Noun. Source: Ice skating rinks. Definition: The walk-in refrigerator. It's floor is always wet, slippery, and very dangerous. May also refer to the kitchen when the floor is being mopped. Context: Used to refer to walk-in, or to warn someone who's going in. Social Source: Waitresses. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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Synonym: Skating RinkSynonym: rink (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Park, plaisance; national park, national forest, state park, county park, city park, vest-pocket park, public park (public) a; arbor; garden; (horticulture); pleasure ground, playground, cricketground, croquet ground, archery ground, hunting ground; tennis court, racket court; bowling alley, green alley; croquet lawn, rink, glaciarum, skating rink; roundabout, merry-go-round; swing; montagne Russe. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Skating Rink |
| Specialty definitions using "skating rink": MANAGER, WINTER SPORTS. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The skating rink (You Can't Do That on Television; writing credit: Jean Chatenet; Jean Cosmos) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Skating rink, Flushing Meadow Park. Cafeteria. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Model, Central Park Skating Rink. Model I. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Wollman Skating Rink, Central Park. Exterior I. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "skating rink": ice-skating rink, roller-skating rink. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ice skating rink | 132 |
skating rink | 41 |
roller skating rink | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "skating rink"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fushë patinazhi (icerink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مزلجة التزلج. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пързалка за кънки (rink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kluzištì (icerink, rink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skoejtebane (ice rink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ijsbaan (ice rink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | luistinrata (ice rink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | patinoire (skating ring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Eisbahn (ice rink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παγοδρόμιο (ice rink, rink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | korcsolyapálya (rink, skating-rink), jégpálya (rink), görkorcsolyapálya (rink, skating-rink), fedett jégpálya (rink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pista di pattinaggio (rink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 銀盤 (silver plate, surface of ice), スクリュープロペラ船 (scraper, screw, screw ship, screwball, scroll, skate, skateboard, skater, skating, squat, sucrose), アーリア人 (art deco, art nouveau, Aryan, climbing irons, crampons, eye, eye shadow, eyeshade, frozen treat similar to a Popsicle, IACA, ice, ice candy, ice cream, ice cream soda, ice cube, ice dancing, ice hockey, ice pail, ice pick, ice rink, ice show, ice skating place, ice smack, ice tongs, icebox, icecream sundae, iced coffee, iced tea, icefall, Iceland, ice-skating, icetea, icing, icing the puck, icon, iconify, ILO, IMF, intelligence quotient, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Labor Organization, International Monetary Fund, ion, IQ, iron, iron club, measure of area, metal pins of climbing shoes, popsicle, Rh, Rhesus factor, to take the radius). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぎ"ば" (silver plate, surface of ice), スケートリンク , アイスリンク (ice rink). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | rink shliawin, laaragh skyrraghtyn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atingskay inkray pista de patinagem (ice rink), pista de gelo (icerink, rink). (various references) каток (icerink, ice-rink, mangle, rink, skating-rink, slide). (various references) klizalište. (various references) pista de patinaje (icerink). (various references) skridskobana (ice rink, rink, skating-rink), rullskridskobana, isbana (ice track). (various references) paten alanı (rink), buz pateni pisti (ice rink). (various references) katok (r). (various references) коток, ковзанка (rink, slide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-i-k-k-n-n-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: antikings, straining, trainings. | |
-3 letters: antiking, ingrains, kartings, rankings, sainting, skinking, skirting, staining, stinking, striking, traiking, training. | |
-4 letters: airings, airting, antings, arising, gastrin, gratins, griskin, ingrain, kainits, karting, kinking, kirning, narking, raining, raising, ranking, ranting, ratings, rinsing, risking, saining, sinking, skating, skiting, snaking, snaring, staking, staning, staring, takings, tanking, tasking, trining. | |
-5 letters: airing, anting, asking. | |
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