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 a strip of the green, usually about 5–7 metres wide, on which a game is played 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
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rink /rɪŋk/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- a smooth area of ice for ice-skating.
- a smooth floor for roller-skating.
- a building or enclosure for ice-skating or roller-skating;
skating arena.
rink
(ringk),USA pronunciation n.
- 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.
- Sporta set of players on one side in a lawn-bowling or curling match.
- Middle French renc rank1
- Middle English (Scots) renk area for a battle, joust, or race, apparently 1325–75
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