retread
ree tred
- n a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads
- v use again in altered form
retread an old plot - v give new treads to (a tire)
- Less a work of original theory and more a compendium of facts from other people's books and studies, How Sex Works often feels like a retread of an uncomfortable high school sex-ed .
- Even for a good retread job the tire must have some rubber on it.
- Thiokol can retread over 1,000,000 civilian tires a month.