plural rinks
1
a
: a smooth extent of ice marked off for curling or ice hockey
b
: a surface of ice for ice-skating
also
: a building containing such a rink
c
: an enclosure for roller-skating
2
: a lane for lawn bowling
3
: a team of players in curling or lawn bowling
Examples of rink in a Sentence
The hockey team is practicing at the rink.
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And for good reason: The 84-year-old had just stepped off the ice after finally living his childhood fantasy of playing on an NHL rink.
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Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Given the confusing setup and the judges sitting in a makeshift hockey rink mere feet from the chefs’ workstations, the final dishes’ success rate is predictably scattershot.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
Among those who died were two skaters, their mothers, and two coaches from the Skating Club of Boston, a prestigious rink where Olympians and recreational skaters alike have trained for more than a century.
—Jimmy Golen, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
The 10,000-seat rink now known as 3M Arena at Mariucci opened in Minneapolis in 1993, just a few months after the NHL’s Minnesota North Stars had loaded their sticks, pucks and sweaters onto moving trucks and headed down I-35 bound for Dallas.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2025
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Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Given the confusing setup and the judges sitting in a makeshift hockey rink mere feet from the chefs’ workstations, the final dishes’ success rate is predictably scattershot.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
Among those who died were two skaters, their mothers, and two coaches from the Skating Club of Boston, a prestigious rink where Olympians and recreational skaters alike have trained for more than a century.
—Jimmy Golen, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
The 10,000-seat rink now known as 3M Arena at Mariucci opened in Minneapolis in 1993, just a few months after the NHL’s Minnesota North Stars had loaded their sticks, pucks and sweaters onto moving trucks and headed down I-35 bound for Dallas.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Rink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rink. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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rink
noun1
: a sheet of ice laid out for curling, ice hockey, or ice-skating
2
: an enclosed place for roller-skating
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