"three-ply" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1946 November and December, “New L.M.S.R. Royal Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 371",
          "text": "The vestibule ceilings are of three-ply, in removable sections to give access to the air-conditioning units, filters, and Pullman gangway control springs situated above.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1961 February, “Talking of Trains: New L.T. research laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, page 77",
          "text": "It has been found that although the two-ply moquette used in L.T. train upholstery was of equal weight to the three-ply fabric used in L.T. buses, the bus fabric had 50 per cent longer life, and accordingly it is now being used also for trains.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having three strands or layers"
      ],
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        [
          "strand",
          "strand"
        ],
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          "layer",
          "layer"
        ]
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "troxslajovy",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "трохслаёвы"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "troxplastóvy",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "трохпласто́вы"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "háromrétegű"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "trilīx"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "note": "of yarn",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "tree filley"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "tree illit"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "note": "of wood",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "tree straihagh"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "trzywarstwowy"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "trójwarstwowy"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trjoxslójnyj",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "трёхсло́йный"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "tatlong kapal"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "tryšaróvyj",
          "sense": "having three strands or layers",
          "word": "тришаро́вий"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "three-ply"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Yarn having three strands"
      ],
      "id": "en-three-ply-en-noun-ZxSyOZ4x",
      "links": [
        [
          "Yarn",
          "yarn"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "three-ply"
}

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    "English nouns",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1946 November and December, “New L.M.S.R. Royal Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 371",
          "text": "The vestibule ceilings are of three-ply, in removable sections to give access to the air-conditioning units, filters, and Pullman gangway control springs situated above.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961 February, “Talking of Trains: New L.T. research laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, page 77",
          "text": "It has been found that although the two-ply moquette used in L.T. train upholstery was of equal weight to the three-ply fabric used in L.T. buses, the bus fabric had 50 per cent longer life, and accordingly it is now being used also for trains.",
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      ],
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        "Having three strands or layers"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "troxslajovy",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "трохслаёвы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "troxplastóvy",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "трохпласто́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "háromrétegű"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "trilīx"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "note": "of yarn",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "tree filley"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "tree illit"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "note": "of wood",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "tree straihagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "trzywarstwowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "trójwarstwowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trjoxslójnyj",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "трёхсло́йный"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "tatlong kapal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tryšaróvyj",
      "sense": "having three strands or layers",
      "word": "тришаро́вий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "three-ply"
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Yarn having three strands"
      ],
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          "Yarn",
          "yarn"
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  "word": "three-ply"
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