Bootle

American  

[boot-l] / ˈbut l /

noun

1. a city in Merseyside metropolitan county, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.

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Bootle British  

/ ˈbuːtəl /

noun

1. a port in NW England, in Sefton unitary authority, Merseyside; on the River Mersey adjoining Liverpool. Pop: 59 123 (2001)

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Example Sentences

John Jones, 35, of Stamfordham Drive, Allerton; John Hughes, 31, of no fixed abode and Bernard Flynn, 61, of Knowsley Road, Bootle, have also been charged, Merseyside Police said.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

And one of the points made obliquely— director Olly Bootle doesn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings—is that not all dogs are created equal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

The force knew a DNA profile matching Foy had been found on the magazine of a handgun seized during in a raid at a property in Bootle in November 2019.

From BBC • May 8, 2025

The reliable veterans have rallied around practice squad elevations, including Kendall Williamson and Dicaprio Bootle.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025

The journey, of which the first part is here described, was from Grasmere to Bootle on the south-west coast of Cumberland, the whole among mountain roads through a beautiful country; and we had fine weather.

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by Wordsworth, William