Tyre - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtaɪər|  American pronunciation of the word tyre
Brit.  |ˈtaɪə|  British pronunciation of the word tyre

noun

- a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
- hoop that covers a wheel (syn: tire)

Extra examples

The tyre blows out / goes flat.

I had a flat tyre (=all the air went out of it) on the way home.

The spare tyre 's in the boot.

The heat blew out the tyre.

The tyre blew out as I was driving to work.

The driver lost control when a tyre burst.

It was difficult to detach the tyre from the wheel.

This tyre is flat, you didn't pump enough air in.

Three boys were changing a tyre by the side of the road.

Your tyre's gone down.

One snowy morning footprints and tyre marks were imprinted in the snow.

A piece of glass punctured the back tyre.

The tyre dump is a major fire risk (=something that could cause a dangerous fire).

I'd put the new tyre on, but I hadn't tightened up the wheel.

We followed the tyre tracks across a muddy field.

Word forms

noun
singular: tyre
plural: tyres
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