Noun Definition

footprint

1.Definition: a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface

"The police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"

Related Noun(s):footmark, step

Category: General

2.Definition: a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important

"The footprints of an earlier civilization"

Category: General

3.Definition: the area taken up by some object

"The computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches"

Category: General