stiletto heel

noun

: a high thin heel on women's shoes that is narrower than a spike heel

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Perhaps the best element of the look are the shoes: brown, crocodile leather boots with a high stiletto heel, which Hathaway allows to peek out from the center slit of the skirt. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 28 July 2025 The shoes featured a matte finish and dramatic stiletto heel, creating a sleek and vivid punctuation mark beneath the floor-sweeping hem of her jet-black trousers. Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 26 July 2025 The shoes are made with a metal stiletto heel with rubber injection. Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 15 July 2025 The shoe is a pointed-toe pump set on a 105mm stiletto heel and crafted from leather and soft see-through Plexi around the sides of the foot, giving a crystal slipper illusion. Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for stiletto heel

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stiletto heel was in 1953

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“Stiletto heel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stiletto%20heel. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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