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How to pronounce shoelace in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms shoe lace, shoe string, shoestring
Type of lace, lacing

Examples of shoelace

shoelace
It binds them like a shoelace, weaving through their pride then yanking tightly.
From the freep.com
Free safety Aaron Ware had a shoelace problem during Saturday's morning practice.
From the ocregister.com
The one you get into like a straitjacket and is tied in the back with a shoelace?
From the washingtonpost.com
The common shoelace knot is an example, being a reef knot with both ends slipped.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The operator advised them to tie off the baby's umbilical cord with a shoelace.
From the kansas.com
When told that the umbilical cord should be tied, Michael offered his shoelace.
From the democratandchronicle.com
If Federer made a mistake, it can only have been to tie a shoelace too loosely.
From the smh.com.au
The feeling here is that the Pats are good enough to win, but only by a shoelace.
From the time.com
My shoelace through the chip, tangled in there, it was difficult to get at it.
From the newsday.com
More examples
  • A lace used for fastening shoes
  • Shoelaces, which are also called shoe-strings, shoe laces, or boot laces, are a system commonly used to secure shoes, boots and other footwear. They typically consist of a pair of strings or cords, one for each shoe, finished off at both ends with stiff sections. ...
  • (Shoelaces) An intertwined fibre theoretically devised for attaching a leather frame bound by rapidly oscillated fibres to the foot (or species equivalent) of a life form so as to protect it from the natural and harmless surroundings. ...
  • Shoestring (but both nations use the term "shoestring budget")