- shoelace, shoe lace, shoestring, shoe string - a lace used for fastening shoes
--1 is a kind of lace, lacing
--1 is a part of shoe
--1 has parts: aglet, aiglet - shoestring, shoe string - a small amount of money; "he managed it on a shoestring"
--2 is a kind of small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount