gumboot
gumboot · gumboots
резиновый сапог
A type of boot made of rubberA type of boot made of rubber.
» Arriving at a Canadian airport, the South Africans broke into enthusiastic singing, all whilst stomping the floor in gumboots.
Meaning
4 senses(Australia, New Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable)A type of boot made of rubber.
рези́новый сапо́гrezínovyj sapóg
(South Africa, uncountable)A style of popular music traditionally associated with gold miners.
(New Zealand, countable, uncountable)Generic black tea.
(countable, uncountable)A chiton (kind of marine mollusc).
Examples
1 sentencesArriving at a Canadian airport, the South Africans broke into enthusiastic singing, all whilst stomping the floor in gumboots.
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
boot made of rubber:
Origin
From gum + boot.From gum + boot.
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Forms
plural: gumbootsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable