slovo | definícia |
shoestring (encz) | shoestring,tkanička n: Zdeněk Brož |
shoestring (gcide) | Shoelace \Shoe"lace\, n.
a length of cord for tying the upper parts of a shoe
together. Commercial shoelaces usually come in different
lengths, and have each end confined in a narrow plastic tube
for convenience in inserting the cords through the holes in a
shoe upper. Also called shoestring.
[PJC] |
Shoestring (gcide) | Shoestring \Shoe"string`\, n.
1. same as shoelace.
[PJC]
2. a sum of money, inadequate or barely adequate for the
purpose to which it is put to use; as, to start up an
enterprise on a shoestring.
[PJC] |
shoestring (wn) | shoestring
n 1: a lace used for fastening shoes [syn: shoelace, {shoe
lace}, shoestring, shoe string]
2: a small amount of money; "he managed it on a shoestring"
[syn: shoestring, shoe string] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
shoestring catch (encz) | shoestring catch, n: |
shoestring fungus (encz) | shoestring fungus, n: |
shoestring potatoes (encz) | shoestring potatoes, |
Shoestring (gcide) | Shoelace \Shoe"lace\, n.
a length of cord for tying the upper parts of a shoe
together. Commercial shoelaces usually come in different
lengths, and have each end confined in a narrow plastic tube
for convenience in inserting the cords through the holes in a
shoe upper. Also called shoestring.
[PJC]Shoestring \Shoe"string`\, n.
1. same as shoelace.
[PJC]
2. a sum of money, inadequate or barely adequate for the
purpose to which it is put to use; as, to start up an
enterprise on a shoestring.
[PJC] |
shoestring catch (wn) | shoestring catch
n 1: (baseball) a running catch made near the ground |
shoestring fungus (wn) | shoestring fungus
n 1: any of several fungi of the genus Armillaria that form
brown stringy rhizomorphs and cause destructive rot of the
roots of some trees such as apples or maples |
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