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bootprint

bootprint

1 3.7
A mark a boot makes on a surface that often shows the sole pattern
  • noun
  • /ˈbuːtprɪnt/
translation icon : 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

  • 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.

  • As we hiked, we noticed a series of bootprints leading up the steep trail.

  • The detective examined the bootprints left in the mud for clues about the suspect.

Synonyms

print
vsbootprint
419 2.0

A mark left on a surface by a hand, foot, or paw

is specific to heavy footwear leaving patterned impressions of the sole
footprint
vsbootprint
126 1.6

A mark left by a foot or shoe on a surface

is specific to heavier footwear leaving patterned sole marks
impression
vsbootprint
  • Specialized
52 4.1

A mark left on a surface when something presses into it

is about patterned sole designs left by heavy footwear not general indentations
imprint
vsbootprint
22 4.2

A mark made when something presses into a surface or the tool that makes it

is about patterned marks left by heavy footwear rather than any pressure mark
footmark
vsbootprint
1 2.4

A mark left by a foot or shoe on a surface

is simply another ordinary term for that same kind of mark

How Visible

bootprint
1 3.7
mark
468 1.0
scuff
8 2.6
indentation
13 3.7

Surface Forms

bootprint singular
bootprints plural

Morphology

bootprint = boot + print (transparent) = boot + print

The meaning is directly and predictably composed from 'boot' + 'print' meaning an impression left by a boot.

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.