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footwear

US /ˈfʊˌtwɛr/

noun Advanced · C1 Mua hàng & vận chuyển

Definition

clothing worn on a person's feet

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The store sells sports clothing and comfortable footwear at reasonable prices.

Synonyms

  • shoesa particular situation
  • bootsfootwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg

Collocations

  • Easy comfortable footwear
    describing comfortable footwear (providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal))
  • Medium footwear manufacturing division
    describing footwear manufacturing division (clothing worn on a person's feet)
  • Hard import duties on protective footwear
    to import duties on protective footwear, meaning to bring in from abroad
  • Very Hard safety footwear mandatory in hazardous zones
    describing safety footwear mandatory in hazardous zones (the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions)

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