horseshoe B2 Topic:Animals Also spelled horse-shoe US /ˈhɔːɹs.ʃuː/ UK /ˈhɔːs.ʃuː/ See IPA manual Freq #22833 Meanings 1 noun a U-shaped metal plate fixed to a horse's hoof The farrier nailed a new horseshoe onto the mare's hoof. 2 noun a U-shaped iron object thrown at a stake in the game of horseshoes His horseshoe landed neatly around the stake. 3 verb to fit a horse with horseshoes The blacksmith will horseshoe the pony tomorrow. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a u-shaped metal plate... shoe 3 verb · to fit a horse with horseshoes shoe More horse shoe Word family Forms horseshoes Derived forms horseshoes Common collocations horseshoe crab Noun + noun Etymology From Middle English horsscho, horssho, horscho, hors schoo, equivalent to horse + shoe. Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # horseshoe **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈhɔːɹs.ʃuː/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈhɔːs.ʃuː/ **Frequency rank:** 22833 ## Meanings 1. a U-shaped metal plate fixed to a horse's hoof 2. a U-shaped iron object thrown at a stake in the game of horseshoes 3. to fit a horse with horseshoes ## Examples - The farrier nailed a new horseshoe onto the mare's hoof. - His horseshoe landed neatly around the stake. - The blacksmith will horseshoe the pony tomorrow. ## Synonyms - horse shoe ## Derived Forms - horseshoes ## Etymology From Middle English horsscho, horssho, horscho, hors schoo, equivalent to horse + shoe. ## Topics - Animals markdown