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
Recent Examples on the Web
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 See More

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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 6 Dec. 2023.

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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