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bootheel

bootheel noun: the heel of a boot.

Noun

bootheel (plural bootheels)

  1. The heel of a boot.
  2. An area of land protruding south of the eastern or western end of a southern border.

Forms of bootheel

pluralbootheels

Origin of bootheel

From boot + heel.

Words formed from bootheel

Questions about bootheel

What does bootheel mean?
Bootheel means the heel of a boot.
What part of speech is bootheel?
Bootheel is a noun.
What is the plural of bootheel?
The plural of bootheel is bootheels.

Words near bootheel in the dictionary

  1. Bootham
  2. Boothbay
  3. Boothbay Harbor
  4. Boothby
  5. Boothe
  6. bootheel
  7. bootheels
  8. boother
  9. boothers
  10. Boothes
  11. boothette

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