rink

[ ringk ]

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.

rink

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of rink¹

1325–75; Middle English ( Scots ) renk area for a battle, joust, or race, apparently < Middle French renc rank ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of rink¹

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

Example Sentences

Robert F Kennedy Jr, vaccine sceptic and scion of the one of the most famous US political dynasties, was by the swanky pool bar of The Ben hotel, where a fake ice rink and Christmas tree greet guests.

From BBC

A workman was left red-faced after his daughter's bright pink mobile phone became frozen within a newly formed ice rink.

From BBC

The man put the device on the side of the rink while it was under construction in Milton Keynes.

From BBC

It was not until the following day that one of the team spotted the bright pink object - borrowed by the worker after he misplaced his own phone - frozen in the middle of the rink.

From BBC

Surrounded by residential towers, this ordinary patch of asphalt at 11th Street and South Grand Avenue, smaller than an ice-skating rink, may soon become a public park.

From Los Angeles Times

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