Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having a thickness made up of four layers or strands.
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- adjective having a thickness made up of four layers or strands
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Examples
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Even if a four-ply Scottish sweater feels slightly coarser on the shelf than its French or Italian counterpart, the argument goes, it lasts for decades, arriving at cozy perfection around the time those fancy continental sweaters might start to pill.
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Before long each of us is wearing a four-ply bag vest made of two white ones on the inside and two black ones on the outside.
Boot Camp Todd Strasser 2010
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Before long each of us is wearing a four-ply bag vest made of two white ones on the inside and two black ones on the outside.
Boot Camp Todd Strasser 2010
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The bags require 10 percent less material, use 15 percent less energy to produce and have 10 percent less carbon emissions compared to a standard four-ply bag structure.
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The bags require 10 percent less material, use 15 percent less energy to produce and have 10 percent less carbon emissions compared to a standard four-ply bag structure.
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One day shopping for "four-ply tires" I asked for foreplay ones.
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One day shopping for "four-ply tires" I asked for foreplay ones.
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AFP/Getty Images Mrs. Obama wore this sleeveless, four-ply silk sheath at her husband's Democratic nomination victory speech in St Paul, Minn., on June 3.
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When he finished, he put the glass in the sink, wiped the counter with a four-ply towel, and placed the calendar-book in front of him.
Free Time 2008
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When he finished, he put the glass in the sink, wiped the counter with a four-ply towel, and placed the calendar-book in front of him.
Free Time 2008
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