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basketball shoes

basketball shoes noun: a pair of bulky athletic shoes, manufactured to be shock absorbent and stable for the footing.

Noun

basketball shoes pl (normally plural, singular basketball shoe)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) A pair of bulky athletic shoes, manufactured to be shock absorbent and stable for the footing.

Forms of basketball shoes

singularbasketball shoe

Origin of basketball shoes

Originally designed for basketball players, then later became used by the general public.

Questions about basketball shoes

What does basketball shoes mean?
Basketball shoes means a pair of bulky athletic shoes, manufactured to be shock absorbent and stable for the footing.
What part of speech is basketball shoes?
Basketball shoes is a noun.

Words near basketball shoes in the dictionary

  1. basketball hoop
  2. basketball hoops
  3. basketball player
  4. basketball players
  5. basketball shoe
  6. basketball shoes
  7. basketball shorts
  8. basketball-player
  9. basketball-players
  10. basketballdom
  11. basketballed

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