cozy slipper
- noun
- /ˈkoʊzi ˈslɪpər/
- US
- After a long day, I love slipping into my warm cozy slippers to relax at home.
Examples
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Nothing feels better than wearing cozy slippers while sipping tea by the fireplace.
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She bought a pair of soft cozy slippers that keep her feet warm during winter nights.
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Wearing some real cozy slippers today.
Synonyms
A light shoe you wear indoors for comfort
A soft, low indoor shoe you can put on and take off easily
Antonyms
How Comfortable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a warm and comfortable indoor shoe' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cozy' (pleasantly warm and comfortable) with 'slipper' (light indoor shoe). This adjective+noun composition follows a standard, cross-linguistically common pattern so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Cozy slipper combines cozy, meaning warm and comfortable, and slipper, meaning a soft indoor shoe. Imagine putting on soft shoes by the fire to relax, and that picture shows why the phrase means 'a warm and comfortable indoor shoe' today.