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footwell

Syllables: foot·well/ˈfʊtwɛl/

footwell noun: the space for the feet in front of a seat in a vehicle.

Noun

footwell (plural footwells)

  1. The space for the feet in front of a seat in a vehicle
    • to foreclose the possibility completely. she packed the footwell of the passenger seat with her duffel bag and camping gear and buckled a stack of seed trays on to the seat.2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 55

Forms of footwell

pluralfootwells

Origin of footwell

* foot + well

Questions about footwell

What does footwell mean?
Footwell means the space for the feet in front of a seat in a vehicle.
What part of speech is footwell?
Footwell is a noun.
How do you pronounce footwell?
Footwell is pronounced /ˈfʊtwɛl/.
What is the plural of footwell?
The plural of footwell is footwells.

Words near footwell in the dictionary

  1. footwashing
  2. footway
  3. footways
  4. footwear
  5. footwears
  6. footwell
  7. footwells
  8. footwheel
  9. footwheels
  10. footwhore
  11. footwhores

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