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WING TIP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does wing tip mean?

• WING TIP (noun)
The noun WING TIP has 2 senses:

1. a shoe having a wing-tip toecap
2. a decorative toecap having a point extending toward the throat of the shoe

Familiarity information: WING TIP used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WING TIP (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A shoe having a wing-tip toecap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("wing tip" is a kind of...):

shoe (footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material)

Meronyms (parts of "wing tip"):

wing tip (a decorative toecap having a point extending toward the throat of the shoe)

Sense 2

wing tip ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A decorative toecap having a point extending toward the throat of the shoe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("wing tip" is a kind of...):

toecap (a protective leather or steel cover for the toe of a boot or shoe, reinforcing or decorating it)

Holonyms ("wing tip" is a part of...):

wing tip (a shoe having a wing-tip toecap)

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