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shelltoes

shelltoes noun: a style of basketball shoe with a segmented rubber upper resembling a seashell.

Noun

shelltoes pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) A style of basketball shoe with a segmented rubber upper resembling a seashell.

Origin of shelltoes

From shell + toes.

Questions about shelltoes

What does shelltoes mean?
Shelltoes means a style of basketball shoe with a segmented rubber upper resembling a seashell.
What part of speech is shelltoes?
Shelltoes is a noun.

Words near shelltoes in the dictionary

  1. shellsuit
  2. shellsuited
  3. shellsuits
  4. shelltoe
  5. shelltoed
  6. shelltoes
  7. shellular
  8. shellwork
  9. shellworker
  10. shellworkers
  11. shellworking

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