Meaning & use

Footwell

noun·Everyday

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The recessed space in a vehicle where a passenger's or driver's feet rest.

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She slid her bag into the footwell of the passenger seat.

Water had leaked into the car and pooled in the footwell.

A note on using this word

"Footwell" is a compound of "foot" and "well," the latter used in its sense of a recessed or sunken space, as in a stairwell.

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