Usually means: Specialized footwear for ballet dancing.
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  1. pointe shoe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. pointe shoe: Wiktionary
  3. pointe shoe: Dictionary.com
  4. Pointe shoe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. pointe shoe: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pointe shoe: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  (ballet) A type of shoe with a strengthened toe, used for dancing on pointe.

Similar:
pointe, toe shoe, toeshoe, pike, poulaine, pigache, pump, pencil heel, toepiece, torpedo, more...

Opposite:
flat shoe, ballet slipper, soft shoe

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Similar:
pointe, toe shoe, toeshoe, pike, poulaine, pigache, pump, pencil heel, toepiece, torpedo, more...

Opposite:
flat shoe, ballet slipper, soft shoe



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