ice-skated; ice-skating; ice-skates
: to skate on ice
: 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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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2023
And the whole family can enjoy award-winning entertainment such as Winter Wonderland on Ice, a spectacular ice-skating extravaganza.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2023
His settings are pulled from children’s fables—an old-fashioned schoolhouse, an ice-skating rink, a pine forest filled with fake snow—often with a discomfiting twist.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
More holiday festivities start at noon on Black Friday, Nov. 24, with the Grand Tree Lighting Celebration, which features an ice-skating show and a fireworks finale as the tree is lit by Missile Toes, the Galleria’s ice-skating Santa.
—Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
After spending time at a Florida station, Barker moved to Los Angeles and was hosting The Bob Barker Show on the radio when Ralph Edwards, the creator and original host of Truth or Consequences, heard him in his car while driving his daughters to an ice-skating lesson.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Aug. 2023
Enchant Christmas also has an ice-skating trail, a holiday marketplace and artisan village, holiday treats for sale, live entertainment, games and visits with Santa.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2023
The camera is often fixed as people stroll or jog or play games, dine at cafes, swim and sun themselves, ice-skate and sled.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2023
Frank Ocean was constructing an ice-skating rink in the Sonoran desert.
—Jenn Pelly, New York Times, 9 May 2023
Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2023
Catch The Parade Most of the seasonal crowd travels via ice skates or walking shoes, but a certain very special guest has a showier mode of transportation.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2023
Some sports items: helmets, knee pads, football pads and pants, baseball, track and soccer cleats, baseball gloves and pants, golf gloves and shoes, roller skates, roller blades and ice skates, weightlifting belts.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023
Sport or recreational equipment like ballet and tap shoes, cleats, gloves, life preservers, mouth guards, roller and ice skates, ski boots, wetsuits and more.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 28 July 2023
For the holiday hours, the rink is open from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. from Dec. 26 to Dec. 31 with ice skate rentals beginning at 10 a.m.; from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Jan. 1 with ice skate rentals beginning at 10 a.m. and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Jan. 2 with ice skate rentals beginning at 11 a.m.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2022
Isn’t there someone out there who wants to trade those size 8 ice skates for a size 9?
—Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 7 June 2023
Construction on the lake, where many local children learned to fish, was completed in 1936, which gave the Black community a place to canoe in the summer and ice skate in the winter.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 17 Feb. 2023
Visitors must pay to ice skate, prices range from $8 to $14.
—Emma Quasny, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Dec. 2022
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Verb
Ice Haus Indoor Arena Swap your skis for skates at this NHL-sized ice-skating arena at the base of the resort.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Nov. 2023
And the whole family can enjoy award-winning entertainment such as Winter Wonderland on Ice, a spectacular ice-skating extravaganza.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2023
His settings are pulled from children’s fables—an old-fashioned schoolhouse, an ice-skating rink, a pine forest filled with fake snow—often with a discomfiting twist.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
More holiday festivities start at noon on Black Friday, Nov. 24, with the Grand Tree Lighting Celebration, which features an ice-skating show and a fireworks finale as the tree is lit by Missile Toes, the Galleria’s ice-skating Santa.
—Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
After spending time at a Florida station, Barker moved to Los Angeles and was hosting The Bob Barker Show on the radio when Ralph Edwards, the creator and original host of Truth or Consequences, heard him in his car while driving his daughters to an ice-skating lesson.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Aug. 2023
Enchant Christmas also has an ice-skating trail, a holiday marketplace and artisan village, holiday treats for sale, live entertainment, games and visits with Santa.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2023
The camera is often fixed as people stroll or jog or play games, dine at cafes, swim and sun themselves, ice-skate and sled.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2023
Frank Ocean was constructing an ice-skating rink in the Sonoran desert.
—Jenn Pelly, New York Times, 9 May 2023
Noun
In the winter, guests can ski, tube, and ice skate.
—Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2023
Catch The Parade Most of the seasonal crowd travels via ice skates or walking shoes, but a certain very special guest has a showier mode of transportation.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2023
Some sports items: helmets, knee pads, football pads and pants, baseball, track and soccer cleats, baseball gloves and pants, golf gloves and shoes, roller skates, roller blades and ice skates, weightlifting belts.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023
Sport or recreational equipment like ballet and tap shoes, cleats, gloves, life preservers, mouth guards, roller and ice skates, ski boots, wetsuits and more.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 28 July 2023
For the holiday hours, the rink is open from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. from Dec. 26 to Dec. 31 with ice skate rentals beginning at 10 a.m.; from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Jan. 1 with ice skate rentals beginning at 10 a.m. and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Jan. 2 with ice skate rentals beginning at 11 a.m.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2022
Isn’t there someone out there who wants to trade those size 8 ice skates for a size 9?
—Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 7 June 2023
Construction on the lake, where many local children learned to fish, was completed in 1936, which gave the Black community a place to canoe in the summer and ice skate in the winter.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 17 Feb. 2023
Visitors must pay to ice skate, prices range from $8 to $14.
—Emma Quasny, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Dec. 2022
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ice-skate
1 of 2 verbˈī(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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