Main entry: footprint
Definition: the area taken up by some object
Usage: the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches
Main entry: step, footmark, footprint
Definition: a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
Usage: the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window
Main entry: footprint
Definition: a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
Usage: the footprints of an earlier civilization