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retread

The correct spelling is retread.

How to pronounce retread

noun

Say it like: Ret-ree-d

The correct spelling is retread. A used tire whose surface, the tread, has been replaced to extend its life and use.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A used tire whose surface, the tread, has been replaced to extend its life and use.
  2. 2.A person who re-entered military service in World War Two after serving in World War One.
  3. 3.(sometimes figurative) A return over ground previously covered; a retraversal or repetition.

verb

  1. 1.To replace the traction-providing surface of a vehicle that employs tires, tracks or treads.
  2. 2.To renew the tread of a tyre, providing a cheap, and possibly dangerous, product.
  3. 3.To tread again, to walk along again, to follow a path again.

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