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short track en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see short, track. ▸ A short-track speedskating oval.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see short, track. ▸ A speedway oval of less than one mile in track circuit length.
  3. (qualifier:ice skating, uncountable) A subdiscipline of speed skating, where skaters race around an ice rink, the size of an ice hockey rink; typically in mass start racing, against other skaters in heats.

Forms

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shorttrack alternative lexicographic
short tracks Number=Plur lexicographic
short-track alternative lexicographic

Hypernyms

speed skating

Relateds

long track

Synonyms

short-track speed skating

Translations (18)

lv šorttreks (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · ru шо̀рт-тре́к (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · ko 짧은주로속도빙상 (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · ja ショートトラック (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · uk шо̀рт-тре́к (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · fr piste courte (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · sv kortbana (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · cmn 短道速滑 (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · de Shorttrack (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · sk šortrek (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · fi kaukalopikaluistelu (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · ko 쇼트트랙 (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · be шорт-трэк (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · pl short track (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · is skautaat (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · no kortbaneløp (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · nl shorttrack (a subdiscipline of speed skating) · bg шорттрек (a subdiscipline of speed skating)