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Ply

/plaɪ/

A layer of material.

📖 Definitions of "Ply"

noun
  1. 1

    A layer of material.

    "two-ply toilet paper"

  2. 2

    A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.

  3. 3

    Short for plywood.

  4. 4

    In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.

    "He proposed to build Deep Purple, a super-computer capable of 24-ply look-ahead for chess."

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