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CROSS-PLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cross-ply mean?
• CROSS-PLY (adjective)
The adjective CROSS-PLY has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to an older kind of automobile tire that had a flexible tread and relatively stiff sidewalls
Familiarity information: CROSS-PLY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to an older kind of automobile tire that had a flexible tread and relatively stiff sidewalls
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
pneumatic tire (a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc)
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