ten-speed

English

Adjective

ten-speed (not comparable)

  1. (of a bicycle) Having ten gears.

Noun

ten-speed (plural ten-speeds)

  1. A bicycle having ten gears.
    • 2004, Jonathan Kennett; Kennett Brothers, Ride: The Story of Cycling in New Zealand, page 65:
      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.
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