ice-skating rink

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An ice-skating rink is an indoor or outdoor area with a frozen surface for skating on.

Natural rinks form on frozen ponds or lakes; artificial ones use refrigeration systems to maintain the ice.

Rinks serve recreational skating, figure skating, and ice hockey: The city opens the outdoor rink every December.

venue

arena

Venue for contests

pavilion · hall · dome · facility · coliseum · auditorium · fieldhouse · bleachers · boards · dasher

recreation

family

Related people together

hot cocoa · mittens · scarf · laughter · music · lights · beginners · glide · twirl · frolic

sport

short track

Indoor speed skating variant

  • hockeyStick-and-goal sport
  • axelRotating ice leap
  • lutzBackward-edge skating jump

salchow · toe loop · spiral · spin · jump · triple · quadruple · routine · choreography · competition

Opposites
surface temperature/state

ice-skating rinkheated pool

Artificially warmed swimming basin

hot tub · sauna · steam room · desert · thermal bath

surface material for skating

ice-skating rinkroller rink

Venue for wheeled skating

skateboard park · roller disco · skate park

water state/environment

ice-skating rinkswimming pool

Basin for aquatic recreation

water park · aquatic center · wave pool · lap pool · public pool

Family

skating, rink, icing, icier, iciest, skate, skater, skaters, skates

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G