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oversock

oversock noun: sock intended to be worn over another pair of socks.

Noun

oversock (plural oversocks)

  1. Sock intended to be worn over another pair of socks.
    • Oversocks, when worn over regular hiking socks, will arm you for assaulting boot-saturating bogs, crossing streams1995 September, “Raingear for Feet”, in Backpacker, volume 23, number 144, page 99

Forms of oversock

pluraloversocks

Origin of oversock

From over + sock.

Questions about oversock

What does oversock mean?
Oversock means sock intended to be worn over another pair of socks.
What part of speech is oversock?
Oversock is a noun.
What is the plural of oversock?
The plural of oversock is oversocks.

Words near oversock in the dictionary

  1. oversocialization
  2. oversocialize
  3. oversocialized
  4. oversocializes
  5. oversocializing
  6. oversock
  7. oversocks
  8. oversoft
  9. oversoften
  10. oversoftened
  11. oversoftening

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