Usually means: Old tires remanufactured for reuse.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. retreads: Merriam-Webster
  2. retreads: Vocabulary.com
  3. Retreads, retreads: Wordnik
  4. retreads: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. retreads: Wiktionary
  6. retreads: Dictionary.com
  7. retreads: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. retreads: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. retreads: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. retreads: Encyclopedia

(Note: See retread as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (retread)

verb:  To replace the traction-providing surface of a vehicle that employs tires, tracks or treads.
verb:  (chiefly UK) To renew the tread of a tyre, providing a cheaper alternative to buying a new tyre, but potentially introducing a risk of premature failure if performed improperly.
noun:  A used tire whose surface, the tread, has been replaced to extend its life and use.
noun:  (military, slang) A person who re-entered military service in World War II after serving in World War I.
verb:  (transitive) To tread again, to walk along again, to follow a path again.
noun:  (sometimes figurative) A return over ground previously covered; a retraversal or repetition.
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