1 a tyre made by putting a new rubber surface on an old tyre
2 (AmE, disapproving) a book, film/movie, song, etc. that contains ideas that have been used before:
It was just a retread of other recent movies with a dance theme.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is retread a noun, verb, or something else?
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