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nonshoe

nonshoe adjective: not of or pertaining to shoes.

Adjective

nonshoe (not comparable)

  1. Not of or pertaining to shoes.
    • Griffin decided to do what other large shoe companies had been doing for years, that is, to diversify into nonshoe areas.1998, International directory of company histories, Volume 20, page 88
    • He says that “only a nonshoe guy” like Mr. Klein, who was watching the customization trend not just in computers but also across things like cars (Toyota’s Scion) and television (via TiVo), would have thought to do it.2007 June 17, Michael Fitzgerald, “The Shoe Changes, but the Fit Doesn’t. He Can Explain.”, in New York Times

Origin of nonshoe

From non- + shoe.

Questions about nonshoe

What does nonshoe mean?
Nonshoe means not of or pertaining to shoes.
What part of speech is nonshoe?
Nonshoe is an adjective.

Words near nonshoe in the dictionary

  1. nonshivering
  2. nonshivering thermogenesis
  3. nonshock
  4. nonshockable
  5. nonshocks
  6. nonshoe
  7. nonshooting
  8. nonshopper
  9. nonshoppers
  10. nonshopping
  11. nonshower

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