ice-skate

1 of 2

verb

ice-skated; ice-skating; ice-skates

intransitive verb

: to skate on ice
ice-skater noun

ice skate

2 of 2

noun

: a shoe with a metal runner attached for ice-skating

Examples of ice-skate in a Sentence

Noun a pair of ice skates
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Verb
There’s another large market at St. Stephen’s Square with a small ice-skating rink. Penny Sadler, Contributor, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024 Winter Holiday Festival, a six-week winter wonderland featuring an outdoor ice-skating rink, photos with Santa, the Brent Street Holiday Market, Kroger Fresh Express trackless train rides and so much more. Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
Lace up your ice skates and hit the outdoor skating rink at Camp North End. Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024 There’s also a place to ice skate, meet Santa and take photos with him. Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ice-skate 

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1914, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1786, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ice-skate was in 1786

Dictionary Entries Near ice-skate

ice skate

ice-skate

ice sky

Cite this Entry

“Ice-skate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-skate. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

ice-skate

1 of 2 verb
ˈī(s)-ˌskāt
: to skate on ice
ice-skater noun

ice skate

2 of 2 noun
: a shoe with a usually metal blade attached to the sole for ice-skating

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