shoelace

Examples

• All

• Uh, do you sell black shoelaces?

  The Kate Logan Affair (2010)

• You'd better tie your shoelaces first.

  Fletch (1985)

• If you stop to tie a shoelace, they stroll up to you just to be sure.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Now do your shoelaces up.

  The Matador (2005)

• You know, your shoelace is untied.

  Army of Darkness (1992)

• As Toby kneels down to tie his shoelace, a small black dog runs up to him.

  Fiction book (1993)

• I finish tying my last shoelace and we scoot out the door into the bright sunshine.

  Fiction book (1997)

• My shoelace is undone.

  Keeping Mum (2005)

• I walked back to the pitcher's mound and saw that my shoelace was untied.

  Fiction book (2000)

• So we should all be tying our shoelaces like this clockwise around the loop.

  Veritasium

Synonyms

S

string

vsshoelace

222 1.0

A thin cord used to tie or fasten things

is specific to fastening shoes by tying rather than for many uses

S

shoestring

vsshoelace

3 1.1

A thin cord that you tie to keep a shoe on

is the identical item but often called by an alternative common name

B

bootlace

vsshoelace

1 2.7

A long lace used to tie boots through their eyelets

is for tying shoes directly rather than fastening boots through eyelets

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Etymology