Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Made of two interwoven layers.
  • adjective Consisting of two thicknesses or strands.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Composed of two strands, as cord.
  • Of textile fabrics, consisting of two webs woven into one another: as, a two-ply carpet.
  • In manufactured articles, consisting of two thicknesses, as of linen in a two-ply collar or cuff.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Consisting of two thicknesses, as cloth; double.
  • adjective Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Consisting of two layers or two strands.
  • adjective Consisting of two webs woven into one another.
  • adjective Consisting of two thicknesses.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having a thickness made up of two layers or strands

Etymologies

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From two- +‎ ply.

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Examples

  • I think the issue is important to highlight, though, because it's really about so much more than the question of quilted or two-ply; it's about how BPA and other unregulated and potentially dangerous chemicals have become so pervasive that they're in virtually everything we come into contact with.

    Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: Is My Toilet Paper Toxic? Jennifer Grayson 2011

  • This should consist of no less than three double rolls of two-ply, a small-ish, hand-held plunger, the coffee-table edition of "Texts from Last Night" and perhaps your PDA to update this blog with more gross, immature content.

    Number two at work Tyler 2009

  • NAPKIN SIZE INDEX Applebee's uses a two-ply paper napkin that is 15 by 17 inches.

    The Great Shrink William L. Hamilton 2011

  • I think the issue is important to highlight, though, because it's really about so much more than the question of quilted or two-ply; it's about how BPA and other unregulated and potentially dangerous chemicals have become so pervasive that they're in virtually everything we come into contact with.

    Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: Is My Toilet Paper Toxic? Jennifer Grayson 2011

  • This was older, and therefore much more uneven (and trust me, the scarf yarn is still pretty thick and thin), but it was the first two-ply I ever made.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Cazzab 2008

  • This was older, and therefore much more uneven (and trust me, the scarf yarn is still pretty thick and thin), but it was the first two-ply I ever made.

    My Guilty Little (Not really) Secret Cazzab 2008

  • The entire top went inside a vacuum veneer press, which sucked the two-ply veneer against the surface until the glue dried, creating a bond stronger than if he'd used mechanical clamps.

    Against the grain: Keith Fritz left the path to the priesthood to create divine furniture 2010

  • Two-ply or not two-ply: that should never be the question.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters Jack Canfield 2010

  • "Whether the evidence was two-ply or one-ply remained unknown," according to the Lincoln Journal-Star's account.

    Man robs store wearing toilet-paper mask, police say 2010

  • "Whether the evidence was two-ply or one-ply remained unknown," according to the Lincoln Journal-Star's account.

    Man robs store wearing toilet-paper mask, police say 2010

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