tyre

¹

[tahy^uhr]

noun

British.

tyred, tyring 

1. tire.

Tyre

²

[tahy^uhr]

noun

1. an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.

tyre

¹

/ ˈtaɪə /

noun

1. a rubber ring placed over the rim of a wheel of a road vehicle to provide traction and reduce road shocks, esp a hollow inflated ring ( pneumatic tyre ) consisting of a reinforced outer casing enclosing an inner tube See also tubeless tyre cross-ply radial-ply

2. a ring of wear-resisting steel shrunk thermally onto a cast-iron railway wheel

3. a metal band or hoop attached to the rim of a wooden cartwheel

verb

1. (tr) to fit a tyre or tyres to (a wheel, vehicle, etc)

Tyre

²

/ ˈtaɪə /

noun

1. Arabic name: Sur. a port in S Lebanon, on the Mediterranean: founded about the 15th century _bc ; for centuries a major Phoenician seaport, famous for silks and its Tyrian-purple dye; now a small market town. Pop: 141 000 (2005 est)

Word History and Origins

Origin of tyre¹

C18: variant of C15 tire, probably from _tire ³

Example Sentences

This race had never been wet before, and the combination of water and the already slippery track meant that the extreme tyres were used in both the first two sessions.

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But he was uncompetitive from the off in the wet conditions of qualifying, when extreme wet tyres were the right choice for both the first two sessions.

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The conditions were treacherous, the session starting after heavy rain on a track wet enough for the extreme wet tyres, which nearly all drivers used throughout the first two sessions.

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Carry a shovel to clear snow and some old bits of carpet, or cat litter, to put under the tyres if you get stuck.

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He also locked up his front left tyre, which presumably gave the stewards the impression that he was not "fully controlled".

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