ply
Because it is a word with a single syllable, ply is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofply
- A layer of material.
Example: "two-ply toilet paper"
- A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
- Short for plywood.
- In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
Example: "He proposed to build Deep Purple, a super-computer capable of 24-ply look-ahead for chess."
- A condition, a state.
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