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multi-ply

multi-ply is the alternative form of multiply.

Meaning of multiply

Adjective

multiply (not comparable)

  1. Having more than one ply or layer; multilayered.
    • 2,751,151. MULTIPLY PAPER SACKS. […] A multiply paper bag […] the plies of the side flaps being stepped longitudinally of the bag […]1956, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 732

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Questions about multi-ply

What is multi-ply the alternative form of?
Multi-ply is the alternative form of multiply.

Words near multi-ply in the dictionary

  1. multi-perspectivalism
  2. multi-perspectivism
  3. multi-planetary
  4. multi-platform
  5. multi-player
  6. multi-ply
  7. multi-pronged
  8. multi-purpose
  9. multi-qubit
  10. multi-racial
  11. multi-reference

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Adapted from Wiktionary: multi-ply (page history and authors); multiply (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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