Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shoehorn

1 sense of shoehorn

Sense 1
shoehorn -- (a device used for easing the foot into a shoe)
       => device -- (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shoehorn

1 sense of shoehorn

Sense 1
shoehorn -- (fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited)
       => adapt, accommodate -- (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country")