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shoelace

 noun
     
Related topics: Clothes
shoe‧lace [countable]
DCC a thin piece of material, like string, that goes through holes in the front of your shoes and is used to fasten them [= lace]
tie/untie a shoelace
Roger bent to tie his shoelace.
Your shoelaces are undone.
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