Question 1 · Quick check
sandal
CEFRB1
/ˈsændəl/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A light shoe with open parts and straps.
- 02
noun
Extra detailsandalwood
Examples
Maria killed the cockroach with a sandal.
The boy lost his sandal in the field.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 1
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsTo put on sandals.
A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot
A long narrow boat used on the Barbary coast.
More examples
In contextAnd on the tables every clime and age / Jumbled together: celts and calumets, / Claymore and snow-shoe, toys in lava, fans / Of sandal, amber, ancient rosaries[…]
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Origin
noun
From Middle English sandal (“sandal”), from Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium, from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion), diminutive of σάνδαλον (sándalon, “sandal”), of unknown origin. Often mistakenly parsed as related to sand.