skating rink

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Alternative forms

• skating-rink

Noun

skating rink (plural skating rinks)

1. A specially frozen surface of water on which people skate or play ice hockey.
2. A building that houses such a surface.
3. A roller-skating rink; a roller rink.
4. A building that houses a roller rink.

Usage notes

• This name appears more common than the synonyms.

Synonyms

• (frozen surface for skating): ice skating rink, ice rink
• (building for skating): ice skating rink, ice rink

Hyponyms

• hockey rink
• roller rink
• roller skating rink

Translations

frozen surface for skating

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滑冰場 (cmn), 滑冰场 (cmn) (huábīngchǎng), 冰場 (cmn), 冰场 (cmn) (bīngchǎng)

• Czech: kluziště (cs)
• French: patinoire (fr) f

• German: Eisbahn (de) f
• Japanese: ケートリンク (ja) (sukētorinku), 銀盤 (ja) (ぎんばん, ginban)
• Norwegian: skøytebane (no) m
• Polish: lodowisko n
• Russian: каток (ru) (katók) m

roller skating rink

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溜冰場 (cmn), 溜冰场 (cmn) (liūbīngchǎng)

• French: patinoire (fr) f

• German: Rollschuhbahn (de) f
• Japanese: ローラスケート場 (ja) (rōrasukēto-jō)
• Russian: каток (ru) (katók) m