footwear
US /ˈfʊˌtwɛr/
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 footweardescribing comfortable footwear (providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal))
- Medium footwear manufacturing divisiondescribing footwear manufacturing division (clothing worn on a person's feet)
- Hard import duties on protective footwearto import duties on protective footwear, meaning to bring in from abroad
- Very Hard safety footwear mandatory in hazardous zonesdescribing 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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