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bootee

noun
USBOO-tee/ˈbuti/

Pluralbootees

3 meanings of bootee

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A soft shoe, usually knitted from wool, for a baby or a small pet.

    Grandma knitted a pair of yellow bootees for the new baby.

    The baby kicked off one bootee and lost it under the couch.

  2. 2
    nouncountable
    A cover or sock that you pull over dirty shoes or feet.

    Please put a bootee over each shoe before you walk on the new carpet.

    The painters wore paper bootees so they would not track mud into the house.

    Similarovershoe

  3. 3
    nouncountable
    A thick sock you wear on your foot under a wetsuit.

    Before the dive, he pulled a thick bootee onto each foot.

    Her bootees kept her toes warm under her wetsuit in the cold lake.

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Origin

It is boot + -ee, an ending that means a small one: a little boot.