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Ice hockey

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

nounCommon term

In sports & fitness, ice hockey means: A team sport played on ice in which skaters use sticks to send a puck into the opposing goal.

In Turkish: buz hokeyi

How it is used

Use ice hockey when distinguishing the puck-based game from field hockey.

Example sentences

  1. The ice hockey puck slid beneath the goalkeeper's stick.

    The puck moves along the ice toward the goal.

  2. The ice hockey team changed players during play.

    The sentence describes substitution within the game.

Common collocations

  • ice hockey puck
  • ice hockey rink
  • team sportA sport in which players play together as a team against another team, such as football, basketball, volleyball or handball.
  • substituteA player who starts a match on the bench and can come on to replace a teammate during the game.

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