footprint
pronunciation
How to pronounce footprint in British English:
UK [ˈfʊtprɪnt]
How to pronounce footprint in American English:
US [ˈfʊtprɪnt]
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- Noun:
- a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
- the area taken up by some object
Word Origin
- footprint (n.)
- 1550s, from foot (n.) + print (n.). Related: Footprints. Old English had fotspor, fotswæð.
Example
- 1. An aluminum can has a smaller carbon footprint than the glass bottle .
- 2. Perhaps you 're trying to reduce your carbon footprint .
- 3. It was a footprint-the footprint of a man !
- 4. That would also settle the carbon footprint .
- 5. Do you consider your carbon footprint ?