lacenoun
uk/leɪs/us/leɪs/lace noun (MATERIAL)
[ U ] a decorative cloth made by twisting thin thread in delicate patterns with holes in them:
lace curtains
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Textiles made from natural fibres
- burlap
- calico
- camel
- canvas
- cashmere
- fishnet
- flannelette
- flax
- fustian
- georgette
- lambswool
- muslin
- netting
- oilskin
- pinstripe
- plaid
- sealskin
- twill
- velvet
- worsted
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lace noun (STRING)
[ C usually plural ] a string that you use to fasten openings, especially in shoes, by putting it through two lines of small holes and tying the ends together:
Your shoe laces are undone.
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Shoes
- ankle boot
- ballet shoe
- Birkenstock
- bootlace
- bootstrap
- brogue
- gumboot
- high heels
- high-top
- hobnail boot
- insole
- instep
- shoelace
- shoestring
- shoetree
- skyscraper heels
- slingbacks
- spat
- welly
- whitening
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laceverb [ T ]
uk/leɪs/us/leɪs/lace verb [ T ] (ADD ALCOHOL)
to add alcohol or drugs to food or drink, often secretly:
coffee laced with brandy
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Drinking alcohol
- after hours idiom
- bender
- binge drinking
- booze
- booze-up
- drinking
- drinking-up time
- drown your sorrows idiom
- Dutch courage
- happy hour
- hatch
- mud
- out of hours idiom
- piss-up
- poison
- pub crawl
- put sth back
- same
- shout
- spike
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lace verb [ T ] (STRING)
to put the lace of a shoe or boot through its holes, or to fasten a shoe or boot by tying a lace
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Fasteners for clothes
- belt
- buckle
- button
- button fly
- button-through
- buttonhole
- clasp
- cufflink
- fastener
- flies
- fly
- hook and eye
- lace sth up
- popper
- press stud
- snap
- Velcro
- zip
- zip sth/sb up
- zipper
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Phrasal verb(s)
lace sth up