footwear

CEFRC1

/ˈfʊtwɛə(ɹ)/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Things worn on the feet, such as shoes and boots.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • The serial killer kept his victims' footwear as a trophy.

  • I don't really understand footwear.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • Please remove your footwear outside.

  • 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.

Synonyms

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Question 1 · Quick check

Running on sharp rocks without proper blank will surely hurt your bare feet.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From foot + -wear.