Shoestring

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See shoelace.
  • n. A small sum of money; capital that is barely adequate: a company that started on a shoestring.
  • adj. Long and slender: shoestring potatoes.
  • adj. Marked by or consisting of a small amount of money: a shoestring budget.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the string or lace used to secure the shoe to the foot; a shoelace
  • n. a tight budget; very little money
  • n. a long narrow cut of a food; a julienne
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. same as shoelace.
  • n. a sum of money, inadequate or barely adequate for the purpose to which it is put to use.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A string used to draw the sides of a shoe together, so as to hold it firmly upon the foot.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a lace used for fastening shoes
  • n. a small amount of money
  • n. a lace used for fastening shoes
  • n. a small amount of money
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lace    lacing    small indefinite quantity    small indefinite amount   
    Cross Reference
    on a shoestring    shoelace   
    Variant
    shoelace   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    firstbusiness    generalizing    gold-mining    high-rent    highrisk   
     
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