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  • noun A tool or machine used to resurface; or a person who uses such.

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Examples

  • After a gasoline-powered ice resurfacer made one sweep around the ice, carbon monoxide alarms registered dangerously high levels of CO, and remained at high levels even an hour later.

    Carbon monoxide danger at indoor skating rinks 2011

  • Organizers said Tuesday they had essentially given up on the jumbo-sized Olympia ice resurfacer, which has delayed competition by belching up fluid onto the ice, and they are shipping in a Zamboni-brand one, like the kind used at the Pacific Coliseum, above.

    Swiss Bank Much Gold In Their Medal Count Darren Everson 2010

  • Apparently the generic name for a Zamboni is "ice resurfacer".

    genericized brand names: use a tissue, not a kleenex 2009

  • Hayward, Calif., medical device maker Thermage said it received a $134 million buyout offer as the provider of noninvasive wrinkle treatments plans to acquire privately held skin resurfacer Reliant Technologies.

    Thermage and SemGroup Rise; 2008

  • An automated resurfacer was later added, but in the video the tractor quips about being replaced by a more qualified Italian.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed KATE HAMMER 2012

  • House ad (EA Sports Network, EASN that reads like ESPN) on ice resurfacer.

    Advertising Lab 2010

  • An ice resurfacer is a truck-like vehicle used to clean and smooth the surface of an ice rink in all skating sports.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • House ad (EA Sports Network, EASN that reads like ESPN) on ice resurfacer.

    Advertising Lab 2010

  • But long-term, no one will remember the lack of snow at Cypress, the fog in Whistler, the ice resurfacer breaking down at the Oval, the failure to launch of one of the Olympic torch beams during the opening ceremony and a few disgruntled foreign journalists.

    Toronto Sun 2010

  • Ron Staples, the facility manager at Lee Community Center, said any rink with an old ice resurfacer would never be able to meet the proposed threshold of 12.5 parts per million.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

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