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Definition of stiletto noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stiletto

noun
 
/stɪˈletəʊ/
 
/stɪˈletəʊ/
(plural stilettos, stilettoes)
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  1. (also stiletto heel)
     (especially British English) a shoe with a very high narrow heel; the heel on such a shoe synonym spike heelTopics Clothes and Fashionc2
  2. a small knife with a narrow pointed blade (= cutting edge)
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Italian, diminutive of stilo ‘dagger’.
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