kneepad

[ nee-pad ]

/ ˈniˌpæd /

noun

a pad of leather, foam rubber, etc., as one worn by football or basketball players to protect the knee.

QUIZZES

CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!

How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of kneepad

knee + pad¹

Words nearby kneepad

kneecap, kneehole, kneel, kneeler, kneeling bus, kneepad, kneepan, kneepiece, knees-up, kneesies, kneidel

British Dictionary definitions for kneepad

kneepad

/ (ˈniːˌpæd) /

noun

any of several types of protective covering for the kneesAlso called: kneecap

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