shoe polish

noun

A product rubbed onto shoes to make them shine.

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Meanings

nounshoe polish (countable and uncountable, plural shoe polishes)

plural shoe polishes · alternative shoepolish

  1. countableuncountableA product rubbed onto shoes to make them shine.

    Synonyms: blacking

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA product rubbed onto shoes to make them shine.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear

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Translations

Afrikaans skoenpolitoer
  • skoenpolitoerproduct used to make shoes shine
Bulgarian паста за обувки
  • паста за обувки (pasta za obuvki)product used to make shoes shine
Catalan crema de sabates, betum
  • crema de sabatesproduct used to make shoes shine
  • betumproduct used to make shoes shine
Chinese Mandarin 鞋油
  • 鞋油 (xiéyóu)product used to make shoes shine
Czech krém na boty
  • krém na botyproduct used to make shoes shine
Dutch schoensmeer
  • schoensmeerproduct used to make shoes shine
Esperanto ŝupolurilo
  • ŝupoluriloproduct used to make shoes shine
Finnish kengänkiillote, kengänkiilloke
  • kengänkiilloteproduct used to make shoes shine
  • kengänkiillokeproduct used to make shoes shine
  • lankkiproduct used to make shoes shine
  • kenkälankkiproduct used to make shoes shine
French cirage
  • cirageproduct used to make shoes shine
German Schuhcreme, Schuhpasta
  • Schuhcremeproduct used to make shoes shine
  • Schuhpastaproduct used to make shoes shine
  • Schuhpasteproduct used to make shoes shine
  • Schuhwichseproduct used to make shoes shine
Indonesian semir sepatu
  • semir sepatuproduct used to make shoes shine
Italian lucido per scarpe
  • lucido per scarpeproduct used to make shoes shine
Japanese 靴墨, 靴クリーム
  • 靴墨 (kutsuzumi)product used to make shoes shine
  • 靴クリーム (kutsu kurīmu)product used to make shoes shine
Korean 구두약
  • 구두약 (guduyak)product used to make shoes shine
Norwegian Bokmål skokrem
  • skokremproduct used to make shoes shine
Persian واکس
  • واکس (vâks)product used to make shoes shine
Polish pasta do butów, pasta
  • pasta do butówproduct used to make shoes shine
  • pastaproduct used to make shoes shine
Portuguese graxa, graxa de sapato
  • graxaproduct used to make shoes shine
  • graxa de sapatoproduct used to make shoes shine
Russian крем для о́буви, ва́кса
  • крем для о́буви (krem dlja óbuvi)product used to make shoes shine
  • ва́кса (váksa)product used to make shoes shine
  • гутали́н (gutalín)product used to make shoes shine
Slovak krém na topánky
  • krém na topánkyproduct used to make shoes shine
Spanish betún
  • betúnproduct used to make shoes shine
Swahili dawa ya viatu
  • dawa ya viatuproduct used to make shoes shine
Swedish skokräm
  • skokrämproduct used to make shoes shine
Tagalog biton
  • bitonproduct used to make shoes shine
Turkish lostra, ayakkabı boyası
  • lostraproduct used to make shoes shine
  • ayakkabı boyasıproduct used to make shoes shine
Vietnamese xi đánh giày
  • xi đánh giàyproduct used to make shoes shine
Cite this entry
APA

shoe polish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoe%20polish

MLA

“shoe polish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoe%20polish. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shoe polish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoe%20polish.

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