lace

1. 1.

   a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)

   Synonymslacing

   Broadercord

   Narrowerbootlaceshoelace

   Part ofshoe
2. 2.

   a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns

   Broaderfabric

   NarrowerBrussels lacefiletmacramepillow lacepoint lace

Other forms of lace

plural

laces·

past tense

laced·

present participle

lacing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lace

What does lace mean?

lace means "spin, wind, or twist together". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lace?

lace has 1 syllable: lace. In IPA it is /ˈleɪs/.

What is another word for lace?

Close synonyms include intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lace a common word?

lace is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lace?

3 words rhyme with lace. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.