The difference between Lace and Shoelace
When used as nouns, lace means a light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread, whereas shoelace means a lace used for fastening a shoe.
Lace is also verb with the meaning: to fasten (something) with laces.
check bellow for the other definitions of Lace and Shoelace
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Lace as a noun (uncountable):
A light fabric containing patterns of holes, usually built up from a single thread.
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Lace as a noun (countable):
A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe or garment, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe or garment firmly.
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Lace as a noun:
A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
Examples:
"rfquotek Fairfax"
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Lace as a noun (slang, obsolete):
Spirits added to coffee or another beverage.
Examples:
"rfquotek Addison"
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Lace as a verb (transitive):
To fasten (something) with laces.
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Lace as a verb (transitive):
To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).
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Lace as a verb (transitive):
To interweave items.
Examples:
"to lace one's fingers together"
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Lace as a verb (transitive):
To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
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Lace as a verb:
To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
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Lace as a verb:
To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material.
Examples:
"cloth laced with silver"
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Shoelace as a noun:
A lace used for fastening a shoe.