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

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

“This is probably the rink I played in the second most. It was nice to be on the side.”

From Los Angeles Times

He suggested a "big difference" could be made if more nightlife for young people was brought to Chichester, plus bringing back the ice rink and creating more children's play areas.

From BBC

Mountain High has three mountains, an ice rink and Yeti’s Snowplay, which includes tubing and sledding for young ones.

From Los Angeles Times

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