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hospital sock

hospital sock noun: a type of sock, with a treaded sole, provided to patients at a hospital (including a mental hospital), helping them to walk on the hard floor without slipping, as the shoes of patients are typically removed before they are treated.

hospital sock: a type of sock, with a treaded sole, provided to patients at a hospital (including a mental...
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Noun

hospital sock (plural hospital socks)

  1. A type of sock, with a treaded sole, provided to patients at a hospital (including a mental hospital), helping them to walk on the hard floor without slipping, as the shoes of patients are typically removed before they are treated.
    Synonyms:
    grippy sock

Synonyms of hospital sock

Forms of hospital sock

pluralhospital socks

Questions about hospital sock

What does hospital sock mean?
Hospital sock means a type of sock, with a treaded sole, provided to patients at a hospital (including a mental hospital), helping them to walk on the hard floor without slipping, as the shoes of patients are typically removed before they are treated.
What part of speech is hospital sock?
Hospital sock is a noun.
What is the plural of hospital sock?
The plural of hospital sock is hospital socks.

Words near hospital sock in the dictionary

  1. Hospital Saturday
  2. Hospital Saturdays
  3. hospital ship
  4. hospital ships
  5. hospital soap
  6. hospital sock
  7. hospital socks
  8. Hospital Sunday
  9. Hospital Sundays
  10. hospitalary
  11. hospitale

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