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Meaning of "three-ply" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THREE-PLY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THREE-PLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Three-Ply is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES THREE-PLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of three-ply in the English dictionary

The definition of three-ply in the dictionary is having three layers or thicknesses. Other definition of three-ply is three-stranded.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THREE-PLY

three-line
three-line whip
three-martini lunch
three-mile limit
three-peat
three-phase
three-piece
three-piece suit
three-piece suite
three-pin plug
three-point landing
three-point turn
three-quarter
three-quarter binding
three-quarter time
three-ring circus
three-sided
three-spined stickleback
three-square
three-way

WORDS THAT END LIKE THREE-PLY

amply
apply
blood supply
cheaply
comply
cross-ply
deeply
imply
mains supply
multiply
ply
power supply
purply
radial-ply
reply
sharply
simply
supply
two-ply
water supply

Synonyms and antonyms of three-ply in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «three-ply» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THREE-PLY

Find out the translation of three-ply to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of three-ply from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «three-ply» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

三 - 层的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de tres capas
570 millions of speakers

English

three-ply
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तीन प्लाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ثلاث رقائق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трехслойное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Virola
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তিনগুণ করিয়া পাকান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trois couches
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tiga-lapis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dreilagige
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

3層の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

세 겹
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Telung ply
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có ba sợi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூன்று ஓடிக்கொண்டிருக்கின்றன
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तीन-प्लाई
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

üç katlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tre strati
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trzy -warstwowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тришарове
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trei straturi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τριών-φύλλων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drie -ply
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tre -lagers
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tre -lags
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of three-ply

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THREE-PLY»

The term «three-ply» is regularly used and occupies the 64.769 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THREE-PLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about three-ply

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THREE-PLY»

Discover the use of three-ply in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to three-ply and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Three ply yarn
While Esther and Lotte are growing up in a Yorkshire coalmining community, Deanne is raising her lover's Black daughter in an all-white seaside town.
Caeia March, 1986
2
American Anthropology, 1888-1920: Papers from the American ...
(b) Three-ply hraid. — In three-ply braid the weft elements are held in the hand in the same fashion, but instead of being twined simply they are plaited or braided, and as each element passes under one and over the other of the remaining two ...
Frederica De Laguna, Alfred Irving Hallowell, 2002
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Teach Yourself VISUALLY Handspinning
Three-ply There is an interesting difference between a two-ply and a three-ply that makes the three-ply a knitter's best friend: unlike a two-ply, a three-ply has a smooth, round surface. When you use a three-ply for knitting, it does the opposite of ...
Judith MacKenzie McCuin, 2011
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Mechanics and Reliability of Flexible Magnetic Media
Bharat Bhushan. reinforcements allow good control of fiber orientation and distribution. Sheldahl Corp. (Northfield, Minn.) produces a 1 14.3-//m-thick three- ply laminate with two plies of 8.9-//m PET film and one ply of a plain weave PET fabric ...
Bharat Bhushan, 2000
5
Naskapi: The Savage Hunters of the Labrador Peninsula
Tanned caribou skin, three-ply braid. Sixteen inches red at each end. No. lA. For otter hauling on snow, twenty feet, four and a half inches long, three ply, one end sixteen inches red, opposite end fifteen inches red. Tanned caribou skin. No. a.
Frank G. Speck, 1977
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Happiness Economics
It was three ply. This, he now realized, was what the jingle man had meant when he'd said it was a niche market. No other toilet paper was three ply, and given its price, it wouldn't appeal to everybody. Will supposed that he himself fit the ...
Shari Lapeña, 2011
7
The Principles of Knitting
They are typically made up in two- and three-ply versions from the same size singles, which is convenient for the mill, as well as for the knitter; the two-ply would be suitable for lighter garments, the three-ply suitable for heavier ones. However ...
June Hiatt, 2012
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FRP Composites in Civil Engineering - CICE 2004: Proceedings ...
400 Bare SteelTube Single-ply FRPJacket Two-ply FRP Jacket Three-ply FRP Jacket 100 200 A x i a l s t r e s s ( N / m m ) 300 0 0 0.015 0.03 Norminal axial strain 0.045 0.06 Figure 7. Axial stress–axial strain curves of bare and FRP- confined ...
R. Seracino, 2006
9
Blanket Weaving in the Southwest
In December 1863, 100 pounds of red and 50 pounds each of blue and green three-ply yarns were requested for issue to the Navajos (USNA M234:555). The following year, 100 pounds of scarlet yarn were purchased for Navajos from Alex J.
Joe Ben Wheat, Ann Lane Hedlund, 2003
10
Proceedings of the Twelfth U.S.-Japan Conference on ...
Mesh convergence: A study of a three-ply MOSAIC laminate with a single pocket of equal length (/p) and thickness, /, placed in the center to choose a suitable mesh around the pocket corners where stress singularity occurs. We call this the  ...
P. K. Mallick, Nobuo Takeda, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THREE-PLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term three-ply is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Language of Luxury
Easy as it is to poke fun, there's an argument that three-ply quilted toilet tissue is indeed a luxury in a country where many struggle to pay the weekly shopping ... «Creative Review, Apr 15»
2
Mickey Thompson Introduces Five New Sizes to Baja ATZp3 Tire Line
Specially designed with PowerPly™ three-ply sidewall construction, beefy tread ... The unique stone ejector ribs resist stones and cracking, and the three-ply ... «Off-Road.com, Apr 15»
3
Five tips for choosing the right carpet for your home
“Ideally, you need a two or three-ply carpet yarn - single-ply yarns are cheaper and look fine for a while, but will flatten and wear much quicker than two or ... «Ham&High, Jan 15»
4
NAMM 2015: Fender's Dee Dee Ramone Precision Bass reaches …
... maple fingerboard with 20 vintage-style frets, split single-coil pickup, three-ply black pickguard and vintage-style bridge with four single-groove saddles. «MusicRadar.com, Jan 15»
5
New York's unusual wreath show lets it all hang out
And whose idea was it to create a wreath from a toilet seat and dress it up with a bow made of three-ply toilet paper? "I'm always surprised," said Jonathan Kuhn, ... «Los Angeles Times, Dec 14»
6
The Wrinkle-Free Suit, Economy to First Class
“The three-ply yarn we use is woven specially for us at an Italian mill, and it is highly twisted,” Frank Muytjens, the J. Crew men's wear director, said recently, ... «New York Times, Dec 14»
7
Canadian 2014 $2 Wait For Me, Daddy Circulation Coin Released
Coins are composed of an outer ring of three-ply nickel finish plated steel and have an inner core of three-ply brass finish plated aluminum bronze. Each has a ... «CoinNews.net, Oct 14»
8
Nitto launches new tire
The tire features a new chip-resistant all-weather compound, three-ply sidewall construction, large, thick sidewall lugs, puncture resistance and a Three Peak ... «RubberNews.com, Aug 14»
9
Nitto adds all-weather tire to Grappler line
A new chip-resistant all-weather compound, three-ply sidewall construction and large, thick sidewall lugs contribute to superior puncture resistance and winter ... «Modern Tire Dealer, Jul 14»
10
NAMM 2014: New Fender Acoustic Guitars
Alva didn't stop there, however–he also added dual three-ply black pickguards, an "Alva" lotus graphic at the 12th fret, and a Fishman® Isys™ III pickup system ... «Sonic State, Jan 14»

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