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high heel

/haɪ hiːl/

high heel is the singular of high heels.

Meaning of high heels

Noun

high heels pl (normally plural, singular high heel)

  1. (plural, plural-normally, footwear) High-heeled shoes.
    • I look sexier in high heels.
  2. (plural, plural-normally) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see high, heel.
    • Avoid standing for prolonged periods of time, and avoid standing in shoes with high heels.2009, Cathy Mahon, Rescue Your Back, page 106
    Synonyms:
    heels

Forms of high heel

pluralhigh heels

Questions about high heel

What is high heel the singular of?
High heel is the singular of high heels.
How do you pronounce high heel?
High heel is pronounced /haɪ hiːl/.

Words near high heel in the dictionary

  1. High Halstow
  2. High Ham
  3. High Harrington
  4. high hat
  5. high hats
  6. high heel
  7. high heels
  8. High Holidays
  9. high hopes
  10. high horse
  11. high horses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: high heel (page history and authors); high heels (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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