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ICE SKATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ice skating mean? 

ICE SKATING (noun)
  The noun ICE SKATING has 1 sense:

1. skating on iceplay

  Familiarity information: ICE SKATING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ICE SKATING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Skating on ice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("ice skating" is a kind of...):

skating (the sport of gliding on skates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ice skating"):

figure skating (ice skating where the skates trace outlines of selected figures)

Derivation:

ice skate (move along on ice skates)


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