tyre
noun
tire.
tyre
1 American
[tahyuhr]
/ taɪər /
noun
British.
tyred,
tyring
Tyre
2
American
[tahyuhr]
/ taɪər /
noun
tyre
1
British
/ ˈtaɪə /
noun
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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
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a ring of wear-resisting steel shrunk thermally onto a cast-iron railway wheel
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a metal band or hoop attached to the rim of a wooden cartwheel
verb
Tyre
2
British
/ ˈtaɪə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of tyre
C18: variant of C15 tire, probably from tire ³
Example Sentences
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Hamilton hit the mechanic on the front right tyre as he accelerated away, immediately radioing to check he was OK, which was confirmed by the team.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
"Most of us had fallen asleep, we had closed our eyes. There was a noise, like a tyre bursting," a fellow passenger told Radio Thessaloniki.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Continental, which has been struggling amid a crisis in the wider European auto sector, has been slimming down its operations to focus on its traditional tyre business.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
If the car in front is struggling with rear tyre wear, and is therefore limited on grip during acceleration, that, combined with overtake mode, just might make them vulnerable to the car behind.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Kingshaw kicked the side of the huge tyre.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
Later, there was an attack in the centre of the city of Sidon, which is located on the coast roughly halfway between Tyre and the capital Beirut.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
On Tuesday, Israel ramped up strikes on Tyre, a city that before the war was home to about 100,000 people and considered southern Lebanon’s economic heart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Many residents of the Christian quarter and other areas of Tyre fled in response to the warning, causing heavy traffic on the main roads heading north.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
On Sunday, the Israeli military issued an evacuation warning for most of Tyre and its surroundings.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
In Tyre, Mark Antony received a letter from his wife, Fulvia.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
You'll never get tyred of watching it … Guardian Viral Video Chart.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 15, 2013
Here lyes an old toss'd Tennis Ball Was racketted, from spring to fall, With so much heat and so much hast, Time's arm for shame grew tyred at last.
From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Woodhouse, Frederick W.
Do they know any thing but a tyred hackney?
From The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Volume 2 of 10: Introduction to the Elder Brother by Fletcher, John
Tew tyred to eat, tew; and the water hyar is regularly pisen; hev you-all seen it?
From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Vorst, Marie Van
Being weary, att last, out of breath, we gave over like 2 cocks over tyred with fighting.
From Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson by Radisson, Pierre Esprit
I'm just tyring to get an out,''; Millwood explained.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2012
On Wednesday the curtain fell on the most gorgeous and successful Pageant ever enacted—a Pageant in which all the nations of the earth played a part, with the Crystal Palace for their "tyring house."
This green plot shall be our stage, this hawthorn brake our tyring house, and we will do it in action, as we will do it before the Duke.
From A Fairy Tale in Two Acts Taken from Shakespeare (1763) by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
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