green-welly boot
- noun
- /ɡriːn ˈwɛli buːt/
- UK
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bota de goma verde
- His green-welly boots were covered in mud after walking the dog through the fields.
Examples
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The children splashed in puddles wearing their green-welly boots.
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I bought a pair of green-welly boots for the rainy season.
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Many people wore their green-welly boots to the countryside fair after the rain.
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She bought new green-welly boots for her hiking trip in the Lake District.
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His green-welly boots were covered in mud after walking the dog through the fields.
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Many people wore their green-welly boots to the countryside fair after the rain.
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The children splashed in puddles wearing their green-welly boots.
Synonyms
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1.0
A waterproof rubber shoe worn to keep feet and lower legs dry when walking in water or mud
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3.2
A waterproof boot that covers the lower leg and keeps feet dry in mud
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2.5
A rubber boot worn to keep your feet dry in rain or mud
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Surface Forms
Morphology
green-welly + boot
The phrase is a straightforward composition of colour + item: 'green' + 'welly' (short for Wellington boot) + 'boot', so a learner who knows the constituents can infer it refers to a green Wellington/rubber boot used in wet conditions. The only potential hurdle is that 'welly' is colloquial/regionally British, but given knowledge of that constituent the overall meaning is fully compositional and immediately recoverable.
Etymology
Green-welly boot may come from the old name Wellington boot, which was often shortened to welly. These rubber boots were commonly made in green and used in muddy fields, so the picture of a green welly stuck and now the phrase means 'a waterproof boot for wet country use'.