spade foot

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [speyd foo t]
- /speɪd fʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [speyd foo t]
- /speɪd fʊt/

Definitions of spade foot words

noun spade foot a square foot, tapering toward its bottom. 1
noun spade foot a spadelike projection at the end of a chair leg 0

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Origin of spade foot

First appearance:

before 1890

One of the 20% newest English words

First recorded in 1890-95

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Spade foot

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Spade foot

spade foot popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

spade foot usage trend in Literature

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