skateboard

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈskeɪtˌbɔrd/ See IPA manual

noun verb Freq #15905

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1

noun
a narrow board on wheels that you stand on and ride, pushing along with one foot

She has been riding a skateboard since she was eight years old.
2

verb
to ride on a skateboard

The kids like to skateboard in the empty parking lot.

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Forms skateboards

Derived forms e-skateboardskateboardableskateboardingskateboardlikesnakeboard

Etymology

From skate + board. The foot-treadable skateboard sense (noun sense 1) came first (mid-20th century). The vehicle chassis sense (noun sense 2) was named for its resemblance thereto (late 20th or early 21st century).

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# skateboard

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈskeɪtˌbɔrd
**Frequency rank:** 15905

## Meanings
1. a narrow board on wheels that you stand on and ride, pushing along with one foot
2. to ride on a skateboard

## Examples
- She has been riding a skateboard since she was eight years old.
- The kids like to skateboard in the empty parking lot.

## Derived Forms
- e-skateboard
- skateboardable
- skateboarding
- skateboardlike
- snakeboard

## Etymology
From skate + board. The foot-treadable skateboard sense (noun sense 1) came first (mid-20th century). The vehicle chassis sense (noun sense 2) was named for its resemblance thereto (late 20th or early 21st century).

## AI Etymology
Skateboard is from skate + board. The foot-treadable skateboard sense (noun sense 1) came first (mid-20th century). The vehicle chassis sense (noun sense 2) was named for its resemblance thereto (late 20th or early 21st century). In current use it includes senses such as a narrow board on wheels that you stand on and ride, pushing along with one foot and to ride on a skateboard.

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- Describing Qualities

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