inner tube
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of inner tube
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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He’s also built a cage around the front of their inner tube, and gives everyone nets to catch the carp.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Consider the analogy of trying to capture a 3D image of a child wearing an inner tube around their waist.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024
A jet ski struck Foster’s son Kile Glover, who was floating on an inner tube being pulled by a pontoon boat in the lake.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2023
Kile Glover, her 11-year-old son with Bounce TV founder Ryan Glover, died in July 2012 after a personal watercraft struck the boy as he floated in an inner tube on the lake.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2023
The puncture must have happened only seconds before—Maddie could still hear the air hissing out of the inner tube.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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