shoelace
noun /ˈʃuːleɪs/
/ˈʃuːleɪs/
(also lace)
(North American English also shoestring)
- a long thin piece of material like string that goes through the holes on a shoe and is used to fasten it
enlarge image- a pair of shoelaces
- to tie/untie your shoelaces
- Your shoelace is undone.
- a tightly knotted shoelace
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- undone
- untied
- loose
- …
- pair
- do up
- knot
- tie
- …
- be undone
- be untied
- come undone
- …
