Noun: rink
Sample Sentences
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We played hockey all winter until the rink melted.
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The Schmirler rink won the Silver Broom.
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However, it was a more chastening day for Britain's women's team, who were unable to repeat their statement win over Canada against the Swedish rink who denied them European gold in November. [2026 February 15, “GB curlers sweep aside Germany to edge closer to semis”, in BBC:]
Nouns inflected like rink
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle English rink, renk, from Old English rinc (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *rankiz (“upright man”), from *rankaz (“straight, upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“straight, direct”).
2. Cognate with Scots rink, renk (“man, warrior, hero”), Old Saxon rink (“man”), Old Norse rekkr (“a straight or upright man”), Old English ranc (“proud, noble, valiant”). More at rank. See: Middle English Nouns '
rink', Old English Nouns '
rinc', Old Norse Nouns '
rekkr', Old English Nouns '
ranc'.
Verbs referencing "rink"
Irish Nouns
rinc, Swedish Nouns
rink.