shoelace
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of shoelace
Example Sentences
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He showed her how to use one of her shoelaces to fashion a wick.
So you can do things like you can scare people, you can go to high-five them and then take it away, you can untie people’s shoelaces.
From Los Angeles Times
Newcomers were told to bring pillowcases and a shoelace.
From Los Angeles Times
As a thirteen-year-old, I was slow to develop physically and would use a shoelace to tie my bathing suit straps in the back so my suit would fit snugly.
From Salon
Though tying shoelaces and folding towels do not seem tricky to humans, such tasks can baffle robots.
From New York Times
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