RETREAD


Meaning of RETREAD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ri:tred ]

( retreads)

1.

If you describe something such as a book, film, or song as a retread , you mean that it contains ideas or elements that have been used before, and that it is not very interesting or original.

His last book, ‘Needful Things’, was a retread of tired material.

N-COUNT : usu sing , oft N of n [ disapproval ]

2.

A retread is an old tyre which has been given a new surface or tread and can be used again.

= remould

N-COUNT

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