sandal

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Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
9
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈsændəl/

Definition of sandal

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot
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noun

  1. A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot
  2. (uncountable)sandalwood
    “And on the tables every clime and age / Jumbled together: celts and calumets, / Claymore and snow-shoe, toys in lava, fans / Of sandal, amber, ancient rosaries[…]”
  3. A long narrow boat used on the Barbary coast.

verb

  1. To put on sandals.

name

  1. A suburb of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3418).

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Etymology

From Middle English sandal (“sandal”), from Old French sandale, from Latin sandalium, from Ancient Greek σανδάλιον (sandálion), diminutive of σάνδαλον (sándalon, “sandal”), of unknown origin. Often mistakenly parsed as related to sand.

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