"spike heel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spike heels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spike heel (plural spike heels)
  1. A very tall, narrow heel on a shoe. Categories (topical): Footwear Synonyms (very tall, narrow heel of a shoe): stiletto heel Translations (very tall, narrow heel of a shoe): talon aiguille [masculine] (French), Bleistiftabsatz [masculine] (German), Pfennigabsatz [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-spike_heel-en-noun-2fKc3toF Disambiguation of Footwear: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of 'very tall, narrow heel of a shoe': 90 10 Disambiguation of 'very tall, narrow heel of a shoe': 90 10
  2. A shoe with such a heel. Translations (a shoe with such a heel): talon aiguille [masculine] (French), Stiletto [masculine] (German), Stöckelschuh [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-spike_heel-en-noun-DsVQJeN0 Disambiguation of 'a shoe with such a heel': 7 93

Inflected forms

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