toe

/toʊ/ n [C]

Definition

› any of the five long, thin parts at the end of the foot, similar to the fingers of the hand: I broke a toe when I caught my foot in a door. › Toe also refers to the end of a shoe or sock: That sock has a hole in the toe.

(Definition of toe n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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