hot shoe

hot shoe
noun
: a receptacle on a camera that provides a point of attachment and electrical contact for an electronic flash lamp

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Photog.
a bracket on a camera body that provides support and electrical contact for an electronic flash attachment.
[1970-75]

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hot shoe noun
A socket on a camera for attaching flash or other apparatus (also accessory shoe)
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n. Photography a socket on a camera with direct electrical contacts for an attached flashgun or other accessory

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ˈhot shoe 7 [hot shoe hot shoes] noun
an electrical ↑socket on a camera where sth such as a ↑flash can be directly attached

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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