Meaning & use
shoelace
A cord or string used to fasten a shoe by threading it through eyelets.
See it in a sentence
My shoelace came untied halfway through the race, so I stopped to retie it.
The toddler is finally learning how to tie his own shoelaces by himself.
A note on using this word
Shoelace is countable; British and American English both use it, though 'shoestring' is more common in the U.S. for the object itself.
Words with a similar meaning
laceshoestring
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