noun
tire
TY-ur/tˈaɪɝ/
A rubber covering around a vehicle wheel.
The thick rubber tire surrounds the wheel's silver metal rim.
Etymology
Tire probably comes from a shortened form of attire: the rim was the wheel’s “dressing.” The name first applied to iron coverings and later to rubber ones.
In context
And all that extra weight eventually ends up on four small patches of rubber touching the road. If you put a tire with an insufficient load rating on an EV, it could deform excessively under the pressure.
More examples
- A nail in the road gave us a flat tire.
- I pump air into my bicycle tires.
- These worn tires need replacing before winter.
Forms
tire · tires