ice skate

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(īs′skāt′)

Inflections of 'ice skate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
ice-skates
v 3rd person singular
ice-skating
v pres p
ice-skated
v past
ice-skated
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ˈice ˌskate, n. [countable]
  1. Sporta shoe fitted with a metal blade for skating on ice.

ˈice-ˌskate,  v. [no object], -skat•ed, -skat•ing.
  1. Sportto skate on ice.
— ice skat•er,n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ice′ skate′, 
    1. Sporta shoe fitted with a metal blade for skating on ice.
    2. skate1 (def. 3).
    • 1895–1900

ice-skate  (īs′skāt′),USA pronunciation v.i., -skat•ed, -skat•ing. 
  1. Sportto skate on ice.
  • verb, verbal use of ice skate 1945–50
ice′ skat′er. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ice skate
  1. a boot having a steel blade fitted to the sole to enable the wearer to glide swiftly over ice
  2. the steel blade on such a boot or shoe
 ice-skate
  1. (intransitive) to glide swiftly over ice on ice skates
ˈice-ˌskater
'ice skate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
blade - bob skate - crack the whip - hockey skate - hollow-ground - in-line skate - racing skate - rocker - runner - skate - tubular skate

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