Meaning & use
sandal
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Meaning
nouncountable
A light, open shoe with straps that leave most of the foot bare, worn in warm weather.
Grammar: Countable; usually plural when talking about a pair: a pair of sandals, new sandals.
Patterns
- a pair of sandals
- wear sandals
- sandals with straps
She packed a pair of sandals for the beach.
These sandals are comfortable for walking in hot weather.
He wears sandals even in the city.
Word forms
| plural | sandals |
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Common combinations
- a pair of sandals
- I bought a pair of sandals for the summer.
- wear sandals
- People wear sandals when it's hot.
- leather sandals
- He prefers leather sandals to plastic ones.
- sandal straps
- The sandal straps rubbed against her skin.
Synonyms and how they differ
Commonly confused: sandal or scandal?
sandal vs scandal
Scandal means shocking behavior or gossip; sandal is the shoe. They sound similar but are unrelated.
Practice
She put on a pair of ______ before going to the beach.
Choose one answer.
We say 'a pair of sandals' with the plural noun. 'Sandal' is singular and would need 'a' or 'one', and the possessive forms don't fit here.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “sandal”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.