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1retread
verb re·tread \(ˌ)rē-ˈtred\
re·tread·edre·tread·ing
Definition of RETREAD
transitive verb
1
: to bond or vulcanize a new tread to the prepared surface of (a worn tire)
2
: to make over as if new <retread an old plot>
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First Known Use of RETREAD
1907
Other Automotive Terms
Rhymes with RETREAD
abed, ahead, airhead, baldhead, beachhead, bedspread, bedstead, beebread, behead, bestead, bighead, biped, blackhead, blockhead, bloodred, bloodshed, bobsled, bonehead, brain-dead, break bread, bridgehead, brown bread, bulkhead, bullhead, catch dead, cathead, childbed, clubhead, coed, cokehead, corn bread, corn-fed, cowshed, crackhead, crispbread, crisphead, crossbred, crosshead, daybed, deadhead, death's-head, deathbed, dispread, dogsled, dopehead, drop-dead, drophead, drumhead, dumbhead, egghead, embed, far-red, farmstead, fathead, flatbed, forehead, foresaid, French bread, fry bread, Gateshead, gearhead, godhead, greenhead, half-bred, hardhead, highbred, hogshead, homebred, homestead, hophead, hotbed, hothead, ill-bred, inbred, instead, jarhead, juicehead, knock dead, lamed, light bread, lowbred, lunkhead, make head, masthead, meathead, moped, naled, outspread, packthread, phys ed, pinhead, pithead, point spread, pothead, premed, printhead, purebred, quick bread, railhead, redhead, red lead, re-tread, roadbed, roadstead, Roundhead, saphead, scarehead, screw thread, seabed, seedbed, sheep ked, sheepshead, sheetfed, shewbread, shortbread, sickbed, skinhead, snowshed, softhead, sorehead, spearhead, spoon bread, springhead, steelhead, straightbred, streambed, subhead, sweetbread, swellhead, thickhead, toolshed, towhead, trailhead, Turk's head, unbred, undead, unread, unsaid, unthread, untread, Volstead, warhead, webfed, well-bred, wellhead, well-read, white-bread, whitehead, white lead, widespread, wingspread, woodshed, woolshed
2retread
noun re·tread \ˈrē-ˌtred\
: an old tire whose surface has been given a new layer of rubber
: something that uses ideas, stories, etc., that have been used before
Full Definition of RETREAD
1
: a retreaded tire
2
: something made or done again especially in slightly altered form : remake
3
a : one (as a retired person) who is recalled or retrained for work b : one (as an athlete) who has previously held the same or a similar position
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First Known Use of RETREAD
1914
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