uppers
USUP-urz/ˈʌpɚz/UKUP-uhz/ˈʌpə(ɹ)z/
- 1The parts of a shoe that sit above the sole and do not touch the ground.
Like the walls of a house sitting on top of its floor.
The leather uppers on my boots cracked after years of wear.
She stitched the canvas uppers to the rubber soles by hand.
Note
- 2Plural of upper. Use this form when talking about more than one upper.
These two shoes have completely different uppers.
The store sells replacement uppers for hiking boots.
Note
uppers is a form of upper
upper, noun: The top part of something, or the higher one of two things. Full entry
- Forms
- upperuppers plural
- Spelling
- upper → uppers: add -s
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