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uppers

uppers noun: the parts of a pair of shoes that do not normally contact the ground. Also the plural of upper.

Noun

uppers

  1. The parts of a pair of shoes that do not normally contact the ground.
    • His shoes were so worn that he was walking on his uppers.

Also used as

uppers is also the plural of upper.

Words formed from uppers

Phrases with uppers

Questions about uppers

What does uppers mean?
Uppers means the parts of a pair of shoes that do not normally contact the ground.
What part of speech is uppers?
Uppers is a noun.

Words near uppers in the dictionary

  1. Uppermill
  2. uppermore
  3. uppermost
  4. upperpart
  5. upperparts
  6. uppers
  7. uppersemilattice
  8. uppersemilattices
  9. upperside
  10. uppersides
  11. upperstocks

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