ice skate

ice skate

noun
1.
a shoe fitted with a metal blade for skating on ice.
2.
skate1 (def. 3).

Origin:
1895–1900

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Ice skate is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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ice-skate

[ahys-skeyt]
verb (used without object), ice-skat·ed, ice-skat·ing.
to skate on ice.

Origin:
1945–50; v. use of ice skate

ice skater, noun
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ice skate
 
n
1.  a boot having a steel blade fitted to the sole to enable the wearer to glide swiftly over ice
2.  the steel blade on such a boot or shoe
 
vb
3.  (intr) to glide swiftly over ice on ice skates
 
'ice-skater
 
n

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