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ice–skate
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
ice–skate
(verb)
ice skate
(noun)
ice–skate
/
ˈ
aɪsˌskeɪt/
verb
ice–skates
;
ice–skated
;
ice–skating
ice–skate
/
ˈ
aɪsˌskeɪt/
verb
ice–skates
;
ice–skated
;
ice–skating
Britannica Dictionary definition of ICE–SKATE
[
no object
]
:
to skate on ice
I had never
ice-skated
before.
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— ice–skater
/
ˈ
aɪsˌskeɪtɚ/
noun
,
plural
ice–skaters
[
count
]
There were several
ice-skaters
at the rink.
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— ice–skating
noun
[
noncount
]
They use the frozen pond for
ice-skating
.
Let's
go ice-skating
.
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