Phrase Hound found 12 phrases and 4 compound words that contain pointe. The most common are listed below. Open pointe in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 12
- Pointe-à-PitreA commune and city in the overseas department of Guadeloupe, France.
- Pointe-NoireA city in the Republic of the Congo.
- pointe shoeA type of shoe with a strengthened toe, used for dancing on pointe.
- Pointe-ClaireA Quebec local municipality within the Urban agglomeration of Montreal on the Island of Montreal in Canada.
- Grosse PointeA city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States.
- Pointe Coupee ParishOne of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Its parish seat is in New Roads.
- Pointe à la HacheA census-designated place and unincorporated community, the parish seat of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- en pointeOn the tips of one's toes.
- pointe shoesplural of pointe shoe: A type of shoe with a strengthened toe, used for dancing on pointe.
- demi-pointeAlternative spelling of demipointe (“a ballet position executed with the dancer up on the balls of the feet”).
- torsades de pointeAlternative spelling of torsades de pointes: A polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, predisposing to sudden cardiac death and more likely to occur during prolongations of the QT interval.
- enté en pointeAlternative form of enté en point: Impaled by (something in) a pointed 'pile' at the bottom of a shield, especially as a means of marshalling.
Compound words 4
- demipointeThe ball of the foot, the padded front part of the sole behind the tip of the toes; hence, a ballet position executed with the dancer up on the balls of one or both feet, the heels raised up off the floor.
- pointeworkDancing en pointe.
- pointelleA type of knit fabric that contains a pattern of open spaces.
- EastpointeA city in Macomb County, Michigan, United States.