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cold shoe

cold shoe noun: a physical mounting point that connects accessories to cameras and photography gear, and which lacks any electronic contacts.

Noun

cold shoe (plural cold shoes)

  1. A physical mounting point that connects accessories to cameras and photography gear, and which lacks any electronic contacts.

Forms of cold shoe

pluralcold shoes

Questions about cold shoe

What does cold shoe mean?
Cold shoe means a physical mounting point that connects accessories to cameras and photography gear, and which lacks any electronic contacts.
What part of speech is cold shoe?
Cold shoe is a noun.
What is the plural of cold shoe?
The plural of cold shoe is cold shoes.

Words near cold shoe in the dictionary

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  3. cold sell
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  5. cold shock responses
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  9. cold shoulder
  10. cold shoulder sleeve
  11. cold shoulder sleeves

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