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# footwear

«footwear» in Mova's school dictionary: **things you wear on your feet, like shoes, boots, trainers…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (footwear; no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Footwear means things you wear on your feet, like shoes, boots, trainers and sandals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwear/#m1)

2) Used in shops and rules as a group word for all kinds of shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwear/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in shops («the footwear section»), school rules and safety («wear suitable footwear» for PE, labs or hikes). It tells the reader about shoes in general.

### examples

- Please wear sensible footwear for the hike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwear/#x1)
- The shop sells clothes and footwear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwear/#x2)
- Closed footwear must be worn in the science lab. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwear/#x3)
- Wet footwear should be left by the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwear/#x4)
- Football boots are special footwear for grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwear/#x5)
- Muddy footwear is not allowed in the classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwear/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: «footwear», never «footwears» or «a footwear». Say «a pair of shoes» for one item. Safety: sandals are not safe in labs or kitchens.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «footwear» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/footwear/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.