retreadverb [ T ]
uk/ˌriːˈtred/us/ˌriːˈtred/UK also remouldto put a new rubber surface on the outer part of a worn tyre:
Your tyres need retreading.
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Covering and adding layers
- asphalt
- bestrew
- binder
- blanket
- blindfold
- carpet
- coat
- fall over sth/sb
- film
- film over
- fur
- gild
- gum sth up
- inlay
- pad
- proof
- resurface
- seal
- swathe
- whitewash
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retreadnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈriː.tred/us/ˈriː.tred/retread noun [ C ] (TYRE)
UK also remould a tyre that has had a new rubber surface put on its outer surface:
Are those new tyres or retreads?
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- New tyres go on the front and retreads go on the back.
- It is a low-quality compound used in products like floor mats or truck retreads.
- The deal will give the company entry to the retread market.
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The exterior of vehicles
- -wheeled
- brake light
- bull bar
- bumper sticker
- hazard (warning) light
- inner tube
- Klaxon
- licence plate
- license plate number
- offside
- petrol cap
- radial
- roll bar
- roof
- roof rack
- side mirror
- splash guard
- stepney
- wing
- wing mirror
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retread noun [ C ] (book, film, etc.)
mainly US a book, film, show, etc. that uses ideas that have been used before:
This is no Jane Austen retread.
Technically, the show is a retread of the last one.
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- The stage version is not just a retread of the movie.
- Critics complain that the scripts are retreads of old 70's sitcoms.
- Hollywood tried to convince people that the latest versions of "Spider-Man" and "Shrek" were not just retreads.
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Repeating an action
- bring
- bring sth back
- circle
- come/go/turn full circle idiom
- comeback
- do sth over
- eye
- iterative
- keep on doing sth
- keep your eye in idiom
- performance
- practice
- repeat
- revert to sth
- revisit
- there you go again idiom
- warm
- warm sth over
- warmed-over
- wave
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