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Definition of lace noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lace

noun
 
/leɪs/
 
/leɪs/
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  1. [uncountable] a very thin material made from threads of cotton, silk, etc. that are made into a pattern with holes
    • a lace handkerchief
    • a tablecloth edged with lace
    • lace curtains
    see also lacy
    Extra Examples
    • a machine for knitting lace
    • a silk dress trimmed with lace
    Topics Clothes and Fashionb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • delicate
    • fine
    verb + lace
    • make
    phrases
    • trimmed with lace
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  2. (also shoelace, North American English also shoestring)
     [countable] a long thin piece of material like string that goes through the holes on a shoe and is used to fasten it
    • Your laces are undone.
    Extra Examples
    • to tie/​untie your laces
    • He's still too young to tie his own laces.
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French laz, las (noun), lacier (verb), based on Latin laqueus ‘noose’ (also an early sense in English). Compare with lasso.
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