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| * the sequence by which a computer is started (short for '']''). See ]. | * the sequence by which a computer is started (short for '']''). See ]. | ||
| * the compartment at the back of car in which luggage is stored (this is called the ] in the USA). | * the compartment at the back of car in which luggage is stored (this is called the ] in the USA). | ||
| *] (Boots The Chemists) founded by ] is the dominant high-street pharmacy chain in the United Kngdom. The range of products now sold by Boots far exceeds the normal stock of a pharmacutical retailer and it now more akin to a ]. | |||
| '''Boot''' can also be used as a verb, meaning "to kick", or as part of the phrase "to give somebody the boot", meaning to forcibly eject somebody from a room or institution. | '''Boot''' can also be used as a verb, meaning "to kick", or as part of the phrase "to give somebody the boot", meaning to forcibly eject somebody from a room or institution. | ||
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A boot is:
- a type of footwear such as
- a Wellington boot
- football boot
- kinky boots
- tabi boots (split-toed boot)
- the sequence by which a computer is started (short for bootstrap). See booting.
- the compartment at the back of car in which luggage is stored (this is called the trunk in the USA).
- Boots (Boots The Chemists) founded by John Boot is the dominant high-street pharmacy chain in the United Kngdom. The range of products now sold by Boots far exceeds the normal stock of a pharmacutical retailer and it now more akin to a ].
Boot can also be used as a verb, meaning "to kick", or as part of the phrase "to give somebody the boot", meaning to forcibly eject somebody from a room or institution.
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