ice skate

ice skate
noun
skate consisting of a boot with a steel blade fitted to the sole
• Hypernyms: ↑skate
• Hyponyms: ↑figure skate, ↑hockey skate, ↑rocker, ↑speed skate, ↑racing skate
• Part Meronyms: ↑blade
verb
move along on ice skates
• Derivationally related forms: ↑ice-skater, ↑ice skating
• Topics: ↑sport, ↑athletics
• Hypernyms: ↑skate
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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noun
1. : a metal runner or blade attached by a frame to the sole of a shoe for skating on ice
2.
a. : skate 1a(1)

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1. a shoe fitted with a metal blade for skating on ice.
2. skate1 (def. 3).
[1895-1900]

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ice skate noun
A skate for moving on ice (see ↑skate1)
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Main Entry: ↑ice

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ice skate UK US noun [countable] usually plural [singular ice skate plural ice skates]
a special boot with a metal blade on the bottom that you wear to move smoothly across ice
Thesaurus: skating and sports played on icehyponym sports events and competitionshyponym

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ice skate,
1. a metal runner attached to a shoe for skating on ice.
2. the shoe and runner together.
ice-skate «YS SKAYT», intransitive verb, -skat|ed, -skat|ing.
to skate on ice.

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1.
n. a boot with a blade attached to the bottom, used for skating on ice
2.
v. [intrans.] skate on ice as a sport or pastime
Derivatives:
ice skater n.

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noun, pl ⋯ skates [count]
: a shoe with a special blade on the bottom that is used for skating on ice

a pair of ice skates

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ˈice skate [ice skate ice skates] (also skate) noun
a boot with a thin metal blade on the bottom, that is used for ↑skating on ice
See also: ↑skate

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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