bootprint
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈbuːtprɪnt/
:
huella de bota
- She sometimes found bootprints in the dust or in the mud down beside the creek, though not often enough to make her worry about snagging someone in a trap.
- trail of bootprints
- single bootprint
- found a bootprint
Examples
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I could not help looking for bootprints in the soft earth, but there were only the marks of our basketball shoes.
Fiction book (2002) -
Abner, though, left a bootprint on the wall in the foyer.
Fiction book (1991) -
I did follow his bootprints in the snow, but as the hill road met the main road, the going got drier and there was nothing to be seen.
Fiction book (1990) -
"To my great dismay, I saw dozens of fresh bootprints stomped at the foot of the lander's ladder."
Fiction book (2001) -
In the fresh snow, my bootprints created a clear path back to the cabin.
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As we hiked, we noticed a series of bootprints leading up the steep trail.
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The detective examined the bootprints left in the mud for clues about the suspect.
Synonyms
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2.0
A mark left on a surface by a hand, foot, or paw
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1.6
A mark left by a foot or shoe on a surface
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4.1
A mark left on a surface when something presses into it
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4.2
A mark made when something presses into a surface or the tool that makes it
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2.4
A mark left by a foot or shoe on a surface
How Visible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bootprint is just boot + print, where boot means a kind of 'shoe' and print means a 'mark', like in footprint or fingerprint. So a bootprint is the mark a boot leaves on a surface, often showing the pattern on the bottom of the shoe.