tyretyre British English, tire American English /taɪə $ taɪr/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] 
a thick rubber ring that fits around the wheel of a car, bicycle etc: 
I had a flat tyre (=all the air went out of it) on the way home. The spare tyre's in the boot.front/rear/back tyre a punctured front tyre → spare tyreCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + tyrea front/rear tyre· I bought a set of new front tyres.a flat tyre (=one which the air has come out of)· I had a flat tyre and had to walk home.a burst tyre· On lap two, Millar suffered a burst tire, which caused him to crash.a bald tyre (=one which has worn smooth)· When police officers examined the car, they discovered that it had two bald tyres.a car/lorry/bicycle etc tyre· They sell and fit car tyres.a spare tyre· Always carry a spare tire.verbschange a tyre· I have never changed a tyre or looked under a bonnet.puncture a tyre· The tyre had punctured and had to be replaced.tyre + NOUNthe tyre pressure (=the force of the air in a tyre)· Have you checked the tyre pressure?tyre marks (also tyre tracks) (=marks left by tyres)· There were tire marks on the road close to where the crash happened.
WORD ORIGINtyre
Origin:
1700-1800 tire ‘metal plates around a cart wheel’ (15-19 centuries), probably from tire ‘equipment’ (14-18 centuries), from attire; ➔ ATTIREEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Gachot then spun after running over some debris from the Patrese/Moreno incident and the subsequent tyre stop cost him time.
- Sparks and flames were threatening to spread to the tyre.
- The team chose a wet front and an intermediate rear tyre.
- The Wheel Wheeler slides under the punctured tyre when it is raised off the ground.
- Then, a group of youths rolled a tractor tyre towards the police line.
- Voice over It's been all hands to the deck at this tyre fitters.
- With, depending on your tyre sizes, Range Rover 3.54:1 diffs and the already fitted overdrive.
WORD SETS
accelerate, verbaerodynamic, adjectiveaerodynamics, nounairfreight, nounaisle, nounarr., baggage room, nounboard, verbboarding, nounBOL, booking office, nounbrake, nounbrake, verbbrake light, nounbrake shoe, nounbreakdown clause, bulk freight, C&F, cable car, nouncable railway, nouncargo, nouncarriage, nouncarrier, nouncart, nounCFR, change, verbchange, nounchassis, nounchopper, nounCMR, compartment, nounconcourse, nounconductor, nouncongested, adjectiveconnect, verbconnection, nounconsolidator, nouncontainer, nounconveyance, nounconvoy, nouncouple, verbcoupling, nouncourier, nouncourier, verbcrash, verbcrash, nouncrew, nouncrewman, nouncruise, verbcutting, noundead reckoning, noundelivery date, departure, noundestination, noundispatch rider, noundistribution channel, diverge, verbdouble-book, verbdrop-off, noundrop-shipping, nounelevated railway, nounengine, nounengineer, nounETA, nounfare, nounfeeder, nounfirst class, nounfirst-class, adjectivefloating insurance, flow, verbFOB, FOB airport, fogbound, adjectiveFOR, fork, nounfork, verbfree of particular average, adjectivefreighter, noungangway, noungross weight, Gro t, gyroscope, nounHague Rules, nounhelmet, nounhigh-speed, adjectivehijack, verbhijack, nounhitch, verbhub airport, ICAO, intercity, adjectiveinternational airport, interstate, adjectivekph, LGV, line, nounloading, nounluge, nounluggage, nounluggage rack, nounmachine, nounmarine insurance, mileage, nounmilepost, nounmotion sickness, nounmph, mudflap, nounnavigate, verbnavigation, nounnet weight, one-way, adjectiveopen insurance, outride, verbovertake, verbpackager, nounpannier, nounpart shipment, passenger, nounpayload, nounportage, nounporter, nounpropulsion, nounramp, nounreceiving office, red-eye, nounregional airport, re-route, verbreturn, nounreturn, adjectivereverse logistics, ride, verbroller, nounround-trip, nounround-trip, adjectiveroute, nounroute, verbrun, verbrun, nounschedule, nounsecond class, nounservice, nounship, verbshipload, nounshipment, nounshipper, nounshipping, nounshuttle, nounshuttle, verbsingle, adjectivesingle, nounski, nounskid, verbskid, nounstabilizer, nounstaging post, nounstall, verbsteering wheel, nounstopping distance, nounstowage, nounsubsonic, adjectivesupersonic, adjectivesurface transport, tailwind, nountanker, nounticket, nountime machine, nountimetable, nountourist class, nountowrope, nountrack, nountrack, verbtraffic, nountranscontinental, adjectivetransfer, verbtransfer, nountransit visa, nountransportation, nountransship, travel insurance, troop carrier, nountruckload, nountunnel, nountwo-seater, nountyre, noununderway, adjectiveU-turn, nounviaduct, nounwheel, nounwheel, verbwreck, nounyaw, verbyield, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + tyre We’ll blow the tyres up.
· I bought a set of new front tyres.
(=one which the air has come out of)· I had a flat tyre and had to walk home.
· On lap two, Millar suffered a burst tire, which caused him to crash.
(=one which has worn smooth)· When police officers examined the car, they discovered that it had two bald tyres.
· They sell and fit car tyres.
· Always carry a spare tire.
verbs· I have never changed a tyre or looked under a bonnet.
· The tyre had punctured and had to be replaced.
tyre + NOUN (=the force of the air in a tyre)· Have you checked the tyre pressure?
(also tyre tracks) (=marks left by tyres)· There were tire marks on the road close to where the crash happened.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· My front bicycle tyre is flat.
We’ll blow the tyres up. British English, a tire mark American English (=a mark left on the ground by a vehicle’s tyre)· The track was pretty soft and there were tyre marks.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The back tyre mimed a shallow S, then the bike straightened up, began to shrink.· With the back tyre likely to be several inches in the air, there's no braking power to be gained there.
· A flat tyre once we've cleared El Misti.· At Bicester it hit a roundabout but kept going with a flat tyre heading for Milton Keynes.· A flat or burst tyre can mean no flying for months!· Warren Clarke makes a superbly unattractive and boorish Vic, face in repose like a flat tyre.· Taxi trials resulted in a flat tail wheel tyre and a hasty change was undertaken.
· Mansell went wide and hit the outside wall with his right front tyre, damaging the suspension and causing him to retire.
· The team chose a wet front and an intermediate rear tyre.· By forcing down on the upper, outside footrest the rider obtains exceptional feel for rear tyre grip.· At the moment, a wider rear tyre is the main clue to the bike's extra power.· Fork truck rear tyre soft. 25.· Suddenly I had a lot more feel for what the rear tyre was doing, or not doing for that matter.· Guessing what the dispute was over, Fenn swung in towards the vehicle's rear tyre and stopped.· An hour later a rear tyre blew.
· Thank goodness for my spare tyre, I can afford to lose a bit of that.· Their companion, in his 20s, had an old, noisy van with a smiling face logo on the spare tyre.· If only he took as much exercise as I did he wouldn't have that spare tyre, I thought unsympathetically.
NOUN· One snowy morning footprints and tyre marks were imprinted in the snow even though Ted had received no visitor at the box.· Luke, nicknamed Lucky after a string of mishaps, escaped with just grazes - and a tyre mark up his back.· A crash investigator told the court he'd calculated the speed using a reconstruction and tyre marks left on the road.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- The high-performance cars are strictly for the racetrack ... and the message is, going too fast on the roads can kill.
- Under the month-long offer, basic models will be £200 cheaper, with the maximum discount on high-performance cars.
a thick rubber ring that fits around the wheel of a car, bicycle etc: I had a flat tyre (=all the air went out of it) on the way home. The spare tyre's in the boot.front/rear/back tyre a punctured front tyre → spare tyreCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + tyrea front/rear tyre· I bought a set of new front tyres.a flat tyre (=one which the air has come out of)· I had a flat tyre and had to walk home.a burst tyre· On lap two, Millar suffered a burst tire, which caused him to crash.a bald tyre (=one which has worn smooth)· When police officers examined the car, they discovered that it had two bald tyres.a car/lorry/bicycle etc tyre· They sell and fit car tyres.a spare tyre· Always carry a spare tire.verbschange a tyre· I have never changed a tyre or looked under a bonnet.puncture a tyre· The tyre had punctured and had to be replaced.tyre + NOUNthe tyre pressure (=the force of the air in a tyre)· Have you checked the tyre pressure?tyre marks (also tyre tracks) (=marks left by tyres)· There were tire marks on the road close to where the crash happened.