Library / English Dictionary

CLEATS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles

Example:

the football players all wore cleats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cleats" is a kind of...):

shoe (footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material)

Meronyms (parts of "cleats"):

cleat (a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

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