heel

About 4.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
2. noun The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
3. noun The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
4. noun The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.

   He drove the heel of his hand into the man's nose.

5. noun A high-heeled shoe.
6. noun The back, upper part of the stock.
7. noun The thickening of the neck of a stringed instrument where it attaches to the body.
8. noun The last or lowest part of anything.

   the heel of a mast

Similar words

reheel bounder hound blackguard counter dog cad list camel yoke

Often followed by

of and to is in on or with strike

Word family

heeled heeling heelless heels