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skate

29 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) skate (noun)
  2. 2) skate (noun)
  3. 3) skate (verb)
  4. 4) skate (noun)
  5. skate barrow (noun)
  6. skate bottom (noun)
  7. skate machine (noun)
  8. skate sailing (noun)
  9. barn-door skate (noun)
  10. bonnet skate (noun)
  11. club skate (noun)
  12. eyed skate (noun)
  13. figure skate (noun)
  14. friar skate (noun)
  15. hedgehog skate (noun)
  16. hockey skate (noun)
  17. ice skate (noun)
  18. ice-skate (verb)
  19. in-line skate (noun)
  20. labor skate (noun)
  21. little skate (noun)
  22. mongrel skate (noun)
  23. racing skate (noun)
  24. roller skate (noun)
  25. smooth skate (noun)
  26. spotted skate (noun)
  27. tubular skate (noun)
  28. winter skate (noun)
  29. tobacco box (noun)

1skate

noun \ˈskāt\
plural skates also skate

Definition of SKATE

: any of a family (Rajidae, especially genus Raja) of rays with the pectoral fins greatly developed giving the fish a flat diamond shape

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Origin of SKATE

Middle English scate, from Old Norse skata
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Fishes Terms

char, chum, ichthyology, smelt, tetra, turbot

Rhymes with SKATE

ait, bait, bate, blate, cate, crate, date, eight, fate, fete, freight, gait, gate, grate, great, haet, hate, late, mate, pate, plait, plate, prate, quoit, rate, sate, slate, spate, state, straight, strait, teth, trait, wait, weight

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