skater

«skater» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who moves on skates: ice skates, roller skates… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a skater, skaters)

meaning for a pupil

1) A skater is a person who moves on skates: ice skates, roller skates or inline skates. tree →

2) A person who rides a skateboard (a skateboarder). tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in sport and everyday life: figure skaters, speed skaters, ice hockey. In parks: skaters at the skate park. Safety: skaters wear helmets and pads. Science: skates slide because of low friction on ice.

examples

• The skater spun round on the ice. tree →
• Skaters must wear helmets at the skate park. tree →
• She is a fast speed skater. tree →
• The skaters held hands as they went round the rink. tree →
• My brother is a skater and practises tricks every day. tree →
• The ice was too thin for skaters. tree →

note

Countable. Made from skate + -r. Related: skating, skateboard, ice rink.

In the corpora

• Broken wrists are the most common injury for skaters, and wrist guards help prevent them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «skater» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.