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Narrator: Today's word is "Rink" — noun, pronounced /rɪŋk/, with the stress on "rink".
Narrator: A rink is a large flat area of ice or smooth floor used for skating.
Narrator: In plain English, it is where you skate.
Narrator: It comes from Scots, originally a course for a race or contest.
Narrator: A common collocation is "ice rink", which describes a frozen skating surface.
Narrator: It differs from "pitch", because a pitch is grass for ball games, while a rink is ice or floor.
Narrator: In a second sense, rinks are used for curling, ice hockey and bowls.
Narrator: Sport, leisure, events and engineering all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a rink is a skater's stage.
Speaker A: Where are we going for the party?
Speaker B: The ice RINK! It comes from Scots.
Speaker A: Can you skate?
Speaker B: I can hold the wall.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The Christmas rink opens in December", events. "The hockey team trains at the rink", sport. "A roller rink in the old hall", leisure.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Spell it with "nk", "rink", not "rinc".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Arena is its cousin, ice pad its twin, and skating track an alternative — yet rink keeps its frosty charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "rink" in AI prompts — useful for bookings and event promotion.
Speaker A: How for bookings?
Speaker B: Time slots.
Prompt: Build a booking page for hourly ice rink sessions with skate hire.
Speaker A: And events?
Speaker B: Promote.
Prompt: Write a poster for a Christmas pop-up rink with dates and prices.
Speaker A: Could it help safety?
Speaker B: Yes, for rules.
Prompt: Write rink safety rules for children’s skating sessions.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Scheduling.
Prompt: Schedule the rink so hockey, figure skating and public sessions do not clash.
Rink — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary