Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outsole

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables
out-sole
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The underside of a shoe or other footwear, which makes contact with the floor.

verb

To fit (footwear) with an outsole.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English sole English outsole From out- + sole.

Usage

Inflected Forms

outsoles (plural) outsoles (present, singular) outsoling (participle, present) outsoled (participle, past) outsoled (past)

Derived Forms

outsoler

Questions

What does outsole mean?
The underside of a shoe or other footwear, which makes contact with the floor.
Where does outsole come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English sole English outsole From out- + sole.

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