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shoe tree en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A device approximating the shape of a foot that is placed inside a shoe when it is being stored to preserve its shape and extend the life of the shoe.
   • Bryce dutifully picked up after him — placing the suit on a wooden hanger and filling the lace-ups with shoe trees. 1986, Craig G. Harris, “Weekend Plans”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 135:

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tree

Translations (16)

gl forma (device to preserve the shape of a shoe) · fi lepolesti (device to preserve the shape of a shoe) · fr embauchoir (device to preserve the shape of a shoe) · hu sámfa (device to preserve the shape of a shoe) · ga brógchrann (device to preserve the shape of a shoe) · ro șan (device to preserve the shape of a shoe) · bg калъп (device to preserve the shape of a shoe) · ru растя́жка для о́буви (device to preserve the shape of a shoe) · cs obuvnické kopyto (device to preserve the shape of a shoe) · de Schuhspanner (device to preserve the shape of a shoe) · ast bigorniu (device to preserve the shape of a shoe) · nb skoblokk (device to preserve the shape of a shoe) · pl prawidło (device to preserve the shape of a shoe) · es horma (device to preserve the shape of a shoe) · it tendiscarpe (device to preserve the shape of a shoe) · fi lesti (device to preserve the shape of a shoe)