» footprint

Words people most associate with “footprint”:

  1. sand,
  2. feet,
  3. shoe

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Noun (3 meanings)

1. a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface.

footprint, footmark, step

Example:
  • “the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window”
footprint is a type of:
  • mark, print (noun) - a visible indication made on a surface
types of footprint:
footprint is derivationally related to:
  • to step, tread (verb) - put down or press the foot, place the foot

2. a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important.

footprint

Example:
  • “the footprints of an earlier civilization”
footprint is a type of:

3. the area taken up by some object.

footprint

Example:
  • “the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches”
footprint is a type of: