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2 ADJ [ADJ n] A three-piece suite is a sofa and two matching armchairs. [mainly BRIT ]

three -point tu rn (three-point turns ) N‑COUNT When the driver of a vehicle does a three-point turn , he or she turns the vehicle by driving forwards in a curve, then backwards in a curve, and then forwards in a curve.

three -qua rter also three quarter ADJ [ADJ n] You can use three-quarter to describe something which is three fourths of the usual size or three fourths of a standard measurement. □  Choose short or three-quarter sleeves for summer. □  …a session which lasted one and three-quarter hours.

three -qua rters QUANT Three-quarters is an amount that is three out of four equal parts of something. □ [+ of ] Three-quarters of the country's workers took part in the strike. □ [+ of ] It took him about three-quarters of an hour. ● PRON Three-quarters is also a pronoun. □  Road deaths have increased by three-quarters. ● ADV [ADV adj/-ed] Three-quarters is also an adverb. □  We were left with an open bottle of champagne three-quarters full.

three R s N‑PLURAL When talking about children's education, the three Rs are the basic skills of reading, writing, and arithmetic.

three|some /θriː səm/ (threesomes ) N‑COUNT A threesome is a group of three people.

three -whee ler (three-wheelers ) N‑COUNT A three-wheeler is a bicycle or car with three wheels.

thresh /θre ʃ/ (threshes , threshing , threshed ) VERB [usu passive] When a cereal such as corn, wheat, or rice is threshed , it is beaten in order to separate the grains from the rest of the plant. □ [be V -ed] The corn was still sown, cut and threshed as it was a hundred years ago. [Also V ]

thresh|old /θre ʃhoʊld/ (thresholds )

1 N‑COUNT [usu sing] The threshold of a building or room is the floor in the doorway, or the doorway itself. □ [+ of ] He stopped at the threshold of the bedroom.

2 N‑COUNT [n N ] A threshold is an amount, level, or limit on a scale. When the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes. □ [+ of ] She has a low threshold of boredom and needs the constant stimulation of physical activity. □  Fewer than forty per cent voted–the threshold for results to be valid.

3 PHRASE If you are on the threshold of something exciting or new, you are about to experience it. □  We are on the threshold of a new era in astronomy.

threw /θruː / Threw is the past tense of throw .

thrice /θra I s/

1 ADV [ADV with v, ADV adv, ADV n] Something that happens thrice happens three times. [OLD-FASHIONED ] □  They should think not twice, but thrice, before ignoring such advice. □  She plays tennis thrice weekly.

2 ADV [ADV n] You can use thrice to indicate that something is three times the size, value, or intensity of something else. [OLD-FASHIONED ] □  …moving at thrice the speed of sound.

thrift /θr I ft/ (thrifts )

1 N‑UNCOUNT Thrift is the quality and practice of being careful with money and not wasting things. [APPROVAL ] □  They were rightly praised for their thrift and enterprise.

2 N‑COUNT A thrift or a thrift institution is a kind of savings bank. [AM , BUSINESS ]

thri ft shop (thrift shops ) N‑COUNT A thrift shop or thrift store is a shop that sells used goods cheaply and gives its profits to a charity. [AM ] in BRIT, use charity shop

thrifty /θr I fti/ (thriftier , thriftiest ) ADJ If you say that someone is thrifty , you are praising them for saving money, not buying unnecessary things, and not wasting things. [APPROVAL ] □  My mother taught me to be thrifty. □  …thrifty shoppers.

thrill /θr I l/ (thrills , thrilling , thrilled )