Definitions for rink
rɪŋkrink

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rink, skating rinknoun

   building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rink

   A rink is a large flat area, often enclosed, where sports such as hockey, skating, or curling are played. In most cases, it refers to an ice rink which is a frozen body of water where people skate or play winter sports. However, it can also refer to a roller-skating area or a specific playing area for games such as bowls or curling.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rinknoun

   the smooth and level extent of ice marked off for the game of curling

2. Rinknoun

   an artificial sheet of ice, generally under cover, used for skating; also, a floor prepared for skating on with roller skates, or a building with such a floor

3. Etymology: [Scot. renk, rink, rynk, a course, a race; probably fr. AS. hring a ring. See Ring.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rink

   ringk, n. the area where a race is run or games are played: a place artificially prepared for skating: a certain piece of ice marked off for curling—about 40 yards in length, and 9 in breadth. [Simply a variant of ring, a circle.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rink

   A space of ice devoted to certain recreations, as a skating or a curling rink: generally roofed in from the snow in Canada.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rink

   An American variant of "Ring." In the sense of a skating rink the term has become popular in England.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RINK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rink is ranked #10396 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Rink surname appeared 3,099 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Rink.
   
   94% or 2,916 total occurrences were White.
   2% or 64 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 51 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 37 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Building

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Anagrams for rink »

1. kirn

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How to say rink in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rink in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rink in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of rink in a Sentence

1. Dalton Smiley:

   We are really roughing it out here. The bowling alley broke on Sunday, the ice-skating rink melted and we can't get anyone to fix it, i don't think they are necessarily doing it to have a pity party. They are trying to be relatable.

2. Christine Craik:

   I'm an awful ice skater, I'll admit. And there are some amazing players among our moms and dads at our rink.

3. Loren Paul:

   While the Dash for the Cash may have been well-intentioned, it only underscores the fact that educators don’t have the resources necessary to meet the needs of their students, as a state, we shouldn’t be forcing teachers to crawl around on an ice rink to get the money they need to fund their classrooms.

4. Joey Mantia:

   He's so passionate as a person and as a coach, he wants to be at the rink 24/7, doing everything, always taking on the entire load of the whole organization, now, I think he's got things a little more in perspective. And by no means does that mean he's not coaching to his potential or that it feels like he's any less of a coach. I think he's found a way to balance the coaching and being healthy and managing the stress of his life. We all love him. We want him to be healthy.

5. John Lindeberg:

   He watches his brother leave for his high school hockey practices, and that's hard because and he really wants to be at the hockey rink, cOVID has been very hard on our house.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rink
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rink
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=rink
5. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=rink
6. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=rink
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=rink

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