wedge heel
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- noun
- /wɛdʒ hiːl/
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- The new wellies: Rubber boots with wedge heels mean that you don't have to wear flats to be practical.
- wedge heels sandals
Examples
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I thought he just wanted to wear a little wedge heel, a little dress.
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But pair it with a cute pair of wedged heels, Come with me and I'll show you.
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They have hidden and like a high wedged heel underneath that additional vertical shell so to speak.
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Wedge heel.
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"They're from Jessica Simpson," she says, kicking up a leg for us to get a closer look at the high wedge heels.
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On her feet were red Easy Spirit crisscross sandals with a wide wedge heel.
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Strappy sandals with three-inch wedge heels were also a clue.
Synonyms
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1.0
The raised back part of a shoe that lifts and supports the foot
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5.2
A shoe heel that is a single raised sole under the whole foot
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8.3
A women's shoe with a solid sole that slopes from heel to toe
A shoe with a thick sole that is higher at the heel than the toe
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Morphology
The noun is directly and literally composed from 'wedge' (a raised/triangular sole) and 'heel' (the rear part of a shoe), so the meaning — a heel formed as a continuous wedge-shaped base — is transparently derivable. This is a straightforward compositional, descriptive term (and parallels exist in other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Wedge heel comes from the simple image of a wedge, a block shaped like a triangle built into the shoe so the heel and sole are one solid piece. Because this built-in wedge 'lifts' and 'supports' the foot, the term now means a heel that forms a solid, triangular base for the shoe.