- one of a pair of long narrow pieces of wood, metal or plastic that you attach to boots so that you can move smoothly over snow
- a pair of skis
- All skis should be waxed on a frequent basis.
- on skis The children go to school on skis.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- alpine
- backcountry
- cross-country
- …
- pair
- put on
- remove
- take off
- …
- pole
- stick
- boot
- …
- on skis
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- (also waterski)either of the pair of long flat boards on which a person stands in order to waterski
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Norwegian, from Old Norse skíth ‘billet, snowshoe’.
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