CLEATS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cleats mean? 

• CLEATS (noun)
  The noun CLEATS has 1 sense:

1. shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles

  Familiarity information: CLEATS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLEATS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the football players all wore cleats

Hypernyms ("cleats" 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 "cleats"):

cleat (a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

 Context examples 

To prevent the butts of the masts from slipping on the deck, I nailed down thick cleats.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

By means of a secondary tackle I had attached to the shears, I swung the boom to a nearly perpendicular position, then lowered the butt to the deck, where, to prevent slipping, I spiked great cleats around it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)