definition of the word heel

• IPA: /hiːl/
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• Rhymes: -iːl

• heal

Old English hela, from Proto-Germanic *hāhil. Cognate with Dutch hiel, Swedish häl, Icelandic hæll. Compare hock.

heel (plural heels)

Heel of a loaf of rye bread

1. (anatomy) Part of the foot on the backside where it becomes the leg.
2. The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
3. On a long firearm, the back upper part of the stock.
4. The last or lowest part of anything; as, the heel of a mast or the heel of a vessel.
5. (US) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
6. A contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
7. (nautical) The tilt of a ship to one side; also, angle of heel, the degree of such a tilt.

• heels
• heelside
• high-heels
• Tar Heel
• stiletto heel
• spike heel

Definition from Wiktionary Content avaible with GNU Free Documentation License

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