indoor rink

Covered ice surface

An indoor rink is an enclosed facility with a surface for skating or hockey, typically ice but sometimes synthetic.

The controlled environment allows year-round use regardless of weather: The team practices at the indoor rink even in summer.

Compare outdoor rinks, which depend on freezing temperatures.

Related

cold · bleachers · puck · blades · figure skating · ice time · scoreboard · boards · glass · blue line · slippery · glide · rinkside · penalty box · power play · goal · nets · skates

Categories
Opposites
enclosure/environment

indoor rinkoutdoor rink

Roofless ice skating venue

outdoor arena · backyard rink

surface type/formality

indoor rinkfrozen pond

Water body turned solid

frozen lake · natural ice · pond hockey · river ice · lake ice

Family

indoor, indoors, rink, rinks, door, doors, doored, doorway, doorways

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G