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Definition of ski noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ski

noun
 
 
/skiː/
 
/skiː/
(plural skis)
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  1.  
     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.
    Topics Sports: other sportsa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • alpine
    • backcountry
    • cross-country
    • …
    … of skis
    • pair
    verb + ski
    • put on
    • remove
    • take off
    • …
    ski + noun
    • pole
    • stick
    • boot
    • …
    preposition
    • on skis
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  2. (also waterski)
     either of the pair of long flat boards on which a person stands in order to waterski
    3. Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Norwegian, from Old Norse skíth ‘billet, snowshoe’.
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