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shoe tree

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A device approximating the shape of a foot that is placed inside a shoe when it is being stored to preserve its shape and extend the life of the shoe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: bigorniu — device to preserve the shape of a shoe
  • Bulgarian: калъп (kalǎp) — device to preserve the shape of a shoe
  • Czech: obuvnické kopyto — device to preserve the shape of a shoe
  • Finnish: lepolesti — device to preserve the shape of a shoe
  • Finnish: lesti — device to preserve the shape of a shoe
  • French: embauchoir — device to preserve the shape of a shoe
  • Galician: forma — device to preserve the shape of a shoe
  • German: Schuhspanner — device to preserve the shape of a shoe
  • Hungarian: sámfa — device to preserve the shape of a shoe
  • Irish: brógchrann — device to preserve the shape of a shoe
  • Italian: tendiscarpe — device to preserve the shape of a shoe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skoblokk — device to preserve the shape of a shoe
  • Polish: prawidło — device to preserve the shape of a shoe
  • Russian: растя́жка для о́буви (rastjážka dlja óbuvi) — device to preserve the shape of a shoe
  • Spanish: horma — device to preserve the shape of a shoe