footprint
(noun)
noun
1. a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
- the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window
Similar word(s): footmark, step
Definition categories: communication, mark, print
2. a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
- the footprints of an earlier civilization
Definition categories: communication, shadow, tincture, trace, vestige
3. the area taken up by some object
- the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches
Definition categories: attribute, area, expanse
Sentences with footprint as a noun:
- This computer has a smaller footprint.
- He is following in his father's footprints.
- the footprint of a building
- The store, which is slated to open next month, increases the company's footprint in the market to 14 locations.
- My carbon footprint is very high.