Dictionary Check: footprint

"footprint" is a valid word!

Scrabble 14 points
Words with Friends 16 points

Definition

noun

a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface

Example: "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"
Synonyms:
noun

a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important

Example: "the footprints of an earlier civilization"
noun

the area taken up by some object

Example: "the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches"

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