the boot

1. 1.

   an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg

   Synonymsbootiron bootiron heel

   Broaderinstrument of torture

Questions about the boot

What does the boot mean?

the boot means "an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg".

What is another word for the boot?

Close synonyms include boot, iron boot, iron heel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is the boot a common word?

the boot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.