Tyre - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- 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
singular: tyre
plural: tyres
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