a combining form meaning âthe dead,â âcorpse,â âdead tissueâ: necrology. Also, esp. before a vowel,necr-. [< Greek nekro-, comb. form of nekrÃ³s dead person, corpse, (adj.) dead]
The layout of a standard curling sheet of ice. The curling Sheet Each curling sheet is a patch of ice, 44.5 metres (146 ft) by 4.3 to 4.75 metres (14 ft 2 in to 15 ft 7 in), with identical sets of circles near each end. At the centre of the target, which is called the house, is a tee line and small circle called the button.
In winter, a section of the Rideau Canal passing through central Ottawa becomes officially the world's largest skating rink. The cleared length is 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) and has the equivalent surface area of 90 Olympic ice hockey rinks.