skate park

noun

: an outdoor area having structures and surfaces for roller-skating and skateboarding

Examples of skate park in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Make a pit stop at the 91st Street skate park to watch locals trying tricks in the bowls and halfpipes. Karen I. Chen, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2024 The skate park at West National Avenue and South Eighth Street, which uses part of an underused parking lot beneath I-94, would get lighting, fencing and other improvements costing $100,000. Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024 For example, the city’s Alga Norte Park, a 32-acre complex with an aquatics center, three sports fields, a skate park and more opened at the end of 2013 more than 15 years after getting the go-ahead, ending with costs of about $40 million. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2024 From a distance, these curved concrete surfaces bear a resemblance to ramps at a skate park. Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024 Growing up in San Diego, White was able to get to the mountains, but also had a skate park 20 minutes from his house. Nina Kokotas Hahn, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2024 There’s a tennis court, basketball court and then skate park. Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024 Hope also wants a gathering space area added to the skate park for community events. Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024 Williams got back on her bike and headed a few blocks up to a skate park and community garden. Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of skate park was in 1970

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“Skate park.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skate%20park. Accessed 17 May. 2024.

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skate park

noun
: an outdoor area having structures and surfaces for roller-skating and skateboarding
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