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wellington boots

wellington boots is the plural of wellington boot.

Noun capitalized: Wellington boots

Wellington boots pl (normally plural, singular Wellington boot)

  1. (UK, plural, plural-normally) Waterproof rubber boots, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions.

Synonyms of wellington boots

Forms of wellington boots

singularWellington boot
alternative formWellingtons
alternative formwellingtons

Origin of wellington boots

Named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who wore and popularised a similar style of boot, if not made of rubber.

Questions about wellington boots

What does wellington boots mean?
Wellington boots means waterproof rubber boots, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions.
What is wellington boots the plural of?
Wellington boots is the plural of wellington boot.
What part of speech is wellington boots?
Wellington boots is a noun.

Words near wellington boots in the dictionary

  1. Wellingborough
  2. Wellingrove
  3. wellings
  4. wellington
  5. wellington boot
  6. wellington boots
  7. Wellington County
  8. Wellington North
  9. Wellington Park
  10. Wellington Vale
  11. Wellington Without

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wellington boots (page history and authors); Wellington boots (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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