retread

1. 1.

   a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads

   Synonymsrecap

   Broadercar tire

Other forms of retread

plural

retreads·

past tense

retreaded·

present participle

retreading·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about retread

What does retread mean?

retread means "use again in altered form". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in retread?

retread has 2 syllables: re-tread. The stress falls on "tread". In IPA it is /ɹiˈtɹɛd/.

What is another word for retread?

Close synonyms include rework, make over, remold, remould, recap. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is retread a common word?

retread is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with retread?

1 word rhymes with retread. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.