Footwear

//ˈfʊtwɛə(ɹ)// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Items or an item of clothing that is worn on the foot; a shoe, sandal, etc. uncountable, usually

    "Yohji Yamamoto's strength was to stick with the sportswear that has inspired him since he teamed up with Adidas to create the imaginative pin-striped or painted-denim footwear that walked his grass-turf runway."

  2. 2
    covering for a person's feet wordnet
  3. 3
    clothing worn on a person's feet wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
footgearbootfeetwearfootgearshoeshoes

Example

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"Please remove your footwear outside."

Etymology

From foot + -wear.

Related phrases

soot where

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