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monoski

monoski noun: a variant of a downhill skiing/alpine skiing ski, that is very wide, allowing for both right and left ski boots to the attached to the same ski, with a doubled-up set of bindings, placed side-by-side. It has the appearance of an extremely wide ski or narrow alpine snowboard, though with binding mounting locations similar to that of a regular ski.

monoski: a variant of a downhill skiing/alpine skiing ski, that is very wide, allowing for both right and...
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Noun

monoski (plural monoskis)

  1. A variant of a downhill skiing/alpine skiing ski, that is very wide, allowing for both right and left ski boots to the attached to the same ski, with a doubled-up set of bindings, placed side-by-side. It has the appearance of an extremely wide ski or narrow alpine snowboard, though with binding mounting locations similar to that of a regular ski.
  2. A type of sitski with a single ski, used by wheelchair-bound skiers in downhill skiing and para-alpine. It is paired with outriggers, ski poles that have skis attached to the bottom, instead of the pick/spike, to function as outrigger runners for the skier sitting in the monoski.

Verb

monoski (third-person singular simple present monoskis, present participle monoskiing, simple past and past participle monoskied)

  1. To use a monoski; to participate in monoskiing.

Synonyms of monoski

Forms of monoski

Noun
pluralmonoskis
Verb
third-person singular presentmonoskis
present participlemonoskiing
past participlemonoskied
pastmonoskied

Origin of monoski

From mono- + ski.

Questions about monoski

What does monoski mean?
Monoski means a variant of a downhill skiing/alpine skiing ski, that is very wide, allowing for both right and left ski boots to the attached to the same ski, with a doubled-up set of bindings, placed side-by-side. It has the appearance of an extremely wide ski or narrow alpine snowboard, though with binding mounting locations similar to that of a regular ski.
What part of speech is monoski?
Monoski can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of monoski?
The plural of monoski is monoskis.

Words near monoski in the dictionary

  1. monosilylated
  2. monosilylation
  3. monosiphonic
  4. monosiphonous
  5. monosized
  6. monoski
  7. monoskied
  8. monoskier
  9. monoskiers
  10. monoskiing
  11. monoskis

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