the boot
Vehicle's rear compartment
The boot is British slang for a car's trunk—the storage compartment at the rear.
Americans say trunk; Brits say boot.
Put the groceries in the boot.
The term likely comes from the external luggage compartment on old horse-drawn coaches.
Separately, the boot can mean dismissal from a job or relationship: He got the boot after three warnings.
- kick outExpel from a place
- put the boot inAttack the vulnerable cruelly
- trunkMain stem or storage
- expelRemove forcibly from membership
- evictionForced departure from rental
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