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bootee

/ˈbuːti/

bootee noun: a soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.

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Noun

bootee (plural bootees)

  1. A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.
    • Take off the baby's bootees before you put her in the crib.
    • ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
  2. A thick sock worn under a wetsuit.
  3. An overshoe or sock worn to cover dirty shoes or feet.
    • Surgeons often slip on bootees before entering the operating room.
    • Just above the Sunset Strip, construction workers in white bootees were putting the final touches on another home — a 14,000-square-foot house that Mr. Niami is building for himself.2017 December 23, Candace Jackson, “Who Wants to Buy the Most Expensive House in America?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

bootee meaning in Tamil

bootee in Tamil

பெருமாட்டியின் சிறிய புதைமிதி, குழந்தையின் கம்பளிக் காலணி

Forms of bootee

pluralbootees
alternative formbootie

Origin of bootee

From boot + -ee (diminutive suffix).

Words formed from bootee

Questions about bootee

What does bootee mean?
Bootee means a soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.
What is bootee in Tamil?
Bootee in Tamil is பெருமாட்டியின் சிறிய புதைமிதி, குழந்தையின் கம்பளிக் காலணி. See Bootee meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bootee?
Bootee is a noun.
How do you pronounce bootee?
Bootee is pronounced /ˈbuːti/.
What is the plural of bootee?
The plural of bootee is bootees.

Words near bootee in the dictionary

  1. booted out
  2. booted up
  3. booted upstairs
  4. booted warbler
  5. booted warblers
  6. bootee
  7. booteed
  8. bootees
  9. booter
  10. booterie
  11. booteries

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bootee (page history and authors); bootee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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