Shoelace

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A string or cord used for lacing and fastening shoes. Also called shoestring.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A lace used for fastening a shoe.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. a length of cord for tying the upper parts of a shoe together. Commercial shoelaces usually come in different lengths, and have each end confined in a narrow plastic tube for convenience in inserting the cords through the holes in a shoe upper. Also called shoestring.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A shoe-string.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a lace used for fastening shoes
  • n. a lace used for fastening shoes
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lace    lacing   
    Cross Reference
    aiglet    bootlace   
    Variant
    shoestring   
    Form
    shoelaced   
    Same Context
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