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THREE-PLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does three-ply mean?
• THREE-PLY (adjective)
The adjective THREE-PLY has 1 sense:
1. having a thickness made up of three layers or strands
Familiarity information: THREE-PLY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a thickness made up of three layers or strands
Context example:
three-ply yarn
Similar:
thick (not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions)
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