boot in English: A strong shoe that covers your foot and part of your leg. (noun)

Translation

A strong shoe that covers your foot and part of your leg.

Word origin

From Old French bote, a covering for the foot and lower leg.

Origin: Old French
Root: bote

Grammar

Gender

Pluralboots

Examples

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"Boot" is the strong shoe that covers the foot and leg.

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"Boots" is the plural, meaning both of your boots.

.

Here "boot" is the single one that did not fit.

Related words

foot

The part of your body at the end of your leg that you stand on.

leg

One of the two long parts of your body that you use to stand and walk.

wear

To have clothes, shoes, or other things on your body.

warm

A little hot, in a way that feels nice and not cold.

walk

To walk is to move along on your feet at a slow, steady pace.

heel

The back part of your foot; also the raised back part of a shoe.

trunk

The thick main stem of a tree; also a big strong box for travel, an elephant's long nose, and the American word for a car boot.

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