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treadless

treadless adjective: without treads.

Adjective

treadless (not comparable)

  1. Without treads.
    • But no sooner had I got the hang of it than those treadless vanity boots shot out from under me. That was the last thing I remembered.1999, Lisa Michaels, Split: A Counterculture Childhood, page 73
    • Because his tires were small and almost treadless, he could not maintain the speed of a Volga, which passed him, its fat tires lifting packed snow onto his windshield.2008, Michael Beres, Chernobyl Murders, page 60

Origin of treadless

From tread + -less.

Questions about treadless

What does treadless mean?
Treadless means without treads.
What part of speech is treadless?
Treadless is an adjective.

Words near treadless in the dictionary

  1. treadle
  2. treadled
  3. treadler
  4. treadlers
  5. treadles
  6. treadless
  7. treadling
  8. treadlings
  9. treadmill
  10. treadmilled
  11. treadmiller

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