Ply

noun

Word Frequency: 1.2

Definitions

1.nounA layer of material.

"two-ply toilet paper"

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

3.nounShort for plywood.

4.nounIn 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."

5.nounA condition, a state.

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