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DictionaryfootUnit of length
noun

foot

A unit of length equal to twelve inches.

This shelf is one foot deep from front to back.

Etymology
footOld Englishfoot

The body part supplied an early practical measure of length. The measurement retained the name after becoming standardized independently of any particular person’s foot.

More examples

  • The ceiling is eight feet high.
  • The store sells this rope by the foot.
  • We leave a two-foot gap between the tables.

Forms

foot · feet

Similar words

inch
A smaller unit equal to one-twelfth of a foot.
yard
A larger unit equal to three feet.