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shoelace

/ˈʃuːˌleɪs/

shoelace noun: a lace used for fastening a shoe.

shoelace: a lace used for fastening a shoe
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Noun

shoelace (plural shoelaces)

  1. A lace used for fastening a shoe.
    • untied shoelace
    • tie up one's shoelaces
    Synonyms:
    shoestring

shoelace meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

shoelace in Hindi

shoelace
तसमा tasmā

shoelace in Tamil

மூடணிக் கோப்பிழை

shoelace in Urdu

shoelace
تسمہ tasma

shoelace in Kannada

ಜೋಡು ಕಟ್ಟುವ ದಾರ
More languagesFewer languages
shoelace in Arabic
شِرَاك širāk, رِبَاط الْحِذَاء ribāṭ al-ḥiḏāʔ
shoelace in Indonesian
tali sepatu
shoelace in Persian
بندینک bandinak, بند کفش band-e kafš
shoelace in Thai
เชือกผูกรองเท้า chʉ̂ʉak-pùuk-rɔɔng-táao
shoelace in Vietnamese
dây giày
shoelace in Myanmar
ဖိနပ်ကြိုး hpi.napkrui:

Examples of shoelace in a sentence

  • He bent down to tie his shoelace.
  • The hiker’s shoelace snapped halfway up the trail.

All 20 example sentences with shoelace

Synonyms of shoelace

Forms of shoelace

pluralshoelaces

Origin of shoelace

shoe + lace

Words formed from shoelace

Phrases with shoelace

Questions about shoelace

What does shoelace mean?
Shoelace means a lace used for fastening a shoe.
What is shoelace in Hindi?
Shoelace in Hindi is तसमा (tasmā). See Shoelace meaning in Hindi.
How do you use shoelace in a sentence?
He bent down to tie his shoelace.
What part of speech is shoelace?
Shoelace is a noun.
How do you pronounce shoelace?
Shoelace is pronounced /ˈʃuːˌleɪs/.
What is the plural of shoelace?
The plural of shoelace is shoelaces.

Words near shoelace in the dictionary

  1. shoeing-horn
  2. shoeing-horns
  3. shoeings
  4. shoeingsmith
  5. shoeingsmiths
  6. shoelace
  7. shoelace formula
  8. shoelace tie
  9. shoelace ties
  10. shoelaced
  11. shoelaces

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shoelace (page history and authors); तसमा (Hindi) (page history and authors); shoelace (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); تسمہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); shoelace (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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