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laces

/ˈleɪ.sɪz/

laces is the plural of lace.

laces is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lace.

Meaning of lace

Noun

lace (countable and uncountable, plural laces)

  1. (uncountable) A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
    • Our English dames are much given to the wearing of very fine and costly laces.c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
  2. (countable) A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly.
    • your laces are untied, do them up!
    Synonyms:
    shoelace, tie
  3. A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
    • The king had ſnared been in loues ſtrong lace, [...]1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Second Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold]...
  4. (obsolete, slang) Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
    • He is forced every Morning to drink his Dish of Coffee by itself, without the Addition of the Spectator, that used to be better than Lace to it.1711–1714, [Joseph Addison], The Spectator, number (please specify the issue number); republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume (please either specify the...

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Noun capitalized: LACES

LACES (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of lookouts, anchor points, communications, escape routes, safety zones.

Phrases with laces

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Words that rhyme with laces

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Questions about laces

What is laces the plural of?
Laces is the plural of lace.
What part of speech is laces?
Laces is a noun.
How do you pronounce laces?
Laces is pronounced /ˈleɪ.sɪz/.

Words near laces in the dictionary

  1. lacertoid
  2. lacertoids
  3. lacerts
  4. lacertus
  5. lacery
  6. laces
  7. laces into
  8. laces up
  9. lacet
  10. laceth
  11. lacets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: laces (page history and authors); LACES (page history and authors); lace (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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