ten-speed

adjective

Having ten gears.

Meanings

adjectiveten-speed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving ten gears.
nounten-speed (plural ten-speeds)

plural ten-speeds

  1. A bicycle having ten gears.

    Shops had waiting lists for customers wanting to buy Healing ten-speeds at $237. Morrison countered with the Olympus ten-speed, released in 1974, and the more upmarket Monark.

    2004, Jonathan Kennett, Kennett Brothers, Ride: The Story of Cycling in New Zealand, page 65
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