spike
noun [C] (SHAPE) /spaɪk/Definition
› a narrow, thin shape with a sharp point at one end, or something, especially a piece of metal, with this shape: There were large spikes on top of the railings to stop people climbing over them. Some types of dinosaur had sharp spikes on their tails.Sharp and blunt spikes › a set of short, pointed pieces of metal or plastic fixed to the bottom of shoes worn for particular sports, which stop the person wearing the shoes from sliding on the ground, or shoes with these pointed piecesShoes and shoemaking
(Definition of spike noun (SHAPE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- ankle boot noun
- ballet shoe noun
- Birkenstock noun
- bootlace noun
- bovver boots noun
- cross-trainer noun
- flipper noun (SHOE)
- galoshes noun
- gumboot noun
- high heels noun
- high-top noun
- hobnail boot noun
- shoestring noun
- shoetree noun
- slingbacks noun
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- slipper noun
- spat noun (SHOE)
- stud noun (BOOT)
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