a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole

A style of shoe, boots or sandals. Platform shoes have a platform, or sole, that runs from heel to toe with a usual rise of 2" to 6".

The raised or stacked part of the sole of a shoe. A platform shoe may have a separate heel or a continuous platform to the heel.

a shoe having a platform sole, namely a usually thick layer between the inner sole and outer sole of a shoe

the part of the pointe shoe on which the dancer stands when en pointe