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hot shoe

hot shoe noun: a fixture on a camera to which a separate flash unit may be attached, equipped with an electrical connection which transmits the firing signal from the camera to the flash.

Noun

hot shoe (plural hot shoes)

  1. A fixture on a camera to which a separate flash unit may be attached, equipped with an electrical connection which transmits the firing signal from the camera to the flash.

Forms of hot shoe

pluralhot shoes

Questions about hot shoe

What does hot shoe mean?
Hot shoe means a fixture on a camera to which a separate flash unit may be attached, equipped with an electrical connection which transmits the firing signal from the camera to the flash.
What part of speech is hot shoe?
Hot shoe is a noun.
What is the plural of hot shoe?
The plural of hot shoe is hot shoes.

Words near hot shoe in the dictionary

  1. hot sheet
  2. hot sheets
  3. hot shift
  4. hot shifts
  5. hot shit
  6. hot shoe
  7. hot shoes
  8. hot shop
  9. hot shops
  10. hot short
  11. hot shot

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