shoetree


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shoetree

shoe·tree

 (sho͞o′trē′)
n.
A form made of wood, metal, or other inflexible material inserted into a shoe to stretch it or preserve its shape.
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shoetree

(ˈʃuːˌtriː)
n
(Clothing & Fashion) a wooden or metal form inserted into a shoe or boot to stretch it or preserve its shape
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shoe•tree

(ˈʃuˌtri)

n.
a foot-shaped device placed inside a shoe to support it when it is not being worn.
[1820–30]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.shoetree - a wooden or metal device that is inserted into a shoe to preserve its shape when it is not being worn
device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
Verb1.shoetree - stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
elongate, stretch - make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"
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Translations

shoetree

[ˈʃuːtriː] Nhorma f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shoetree

[ˈʃuːtriː] nembauchoir m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shoetree

[ˈʃuːˌtriː] nforma per scarpe
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in periodicals archive ?
CERIZ is present across more than 200 doors at Central, Shoppers Stop, Rocia, Inc5, Shoetree, Pantaloons, Brand Factory and other leading retail outlets in cities like Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Surat, and many others!
The dotted line corresponds to original mould, the solid line corresponds to boundary edges of flattened surface of shoetree. The values in Margins column in Table 1-3 coincides to difference in millimeters between corner points, numbered from 1 to 3 in Fig.
In the mid- 1970s, DeFeo's experimentation in increasingly varied media informed her work in paint, where forms and images of familiar objects from photos and collages inspired those in painting and drawing such as her Loop, Tripod, and Shoetree series.
Angela - Well you know what I'm like; I have to make sure I have everything: eyeliner, hairdryer, flip-flops, shoetree.
I'll give you the pewter shoetree for the santa Claus lamp.
Yet there was obvious loyalty to the club from Haynes, the son of a shoetree manufacturer from Kentish Town.