lace

noun

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

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

verb

add alcohol to (beverages)

draw through eyes or holes

do lacework

make by braiding or interlacing

spin, wind, or twist together

Roots

laqueuslace- · Latin · noose, snare

Synonyms for lace

twinen enlacev plaitn braidn tattingn shoelacen intertwinev entwinev knitv interknit

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Where does lace come from?

The word lace breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root lace-, from Latin laqueus (“noose, snare”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.