tyre
Definition:
1. A thick rubber ring that fits around the edge of a wheel of a car, bicycle, etc.
2. Hoop that covers a wheel.
Use 'tyre' in a sentence:
- 1. These tyres give the bus better grip in slippery conditions.
- 2. His back tyre just went pop on a motorway.
- 3. We lost twenty minutes changing a tyre.
- 4. Tyre and Sidon were also known for their glass.
- 5. The pomegranate flowers that blossom in the gardens of Tyre are redder than roses which are not so red.
- 6. Developing the tyre has taken nine years so far.
- 7. Someone had slashed the tyres on my car.
- 8. We drove a few miles until the tyre deflated and we had to stop the car.
- 9. The tyre plant is not the only sign of prosperity in Gujarat.
- 10. She taught me how to change a tyre.
- 11. One vehicle with a flat tyre can bring the motorway to a standstill.
- 12. One of the mechanics took off the damaged tyre, and took it back to the station to be patched.
- 13. The tyre is guaranteed never to puncture or go flat.
- 14. The tyre is flat.
- 15. We've got a supply run tomorrow if you need a new tyre.
- 16. We've got through a lot of tyres.
- 17. The driver lost control when a tyre burst.
- 18. Generally speaking, the more oil in a tyre, the softer it will be.
- 19. I let the tyres down on his car.
- 20. Burning a tyre, by contrast, produces sulphur dioxide, a noxious pollutant.
- 21. We deflate the tyres to make it easier to cross the desert.
- 22. One of the front tyres had punctured.
- 23. Its technical expertise is available to provide laser, tyre, roller and girth gear.
- 24. Once a burning firelighter is placed against a tyre, it takes a few minutes for a car to ignite, giving the arsonist plenty of time to escape.
- 25. They are like black holes burnt by torches in a tapestry of Tyre.
- 26. His car rolled over after a tyre was punctured.
- 27. The device must also last longer than the tyre itself.
- 28. Remove wheelnuts, let down tyre, put on spare.
- 29. The raw material for the tyre is a by-product of petrol refining.
- 30. The tyres were worn below the legal limit of 1.6mm of tread.
- 31. Other than blowing up a tyre I hadn't done any car maintenance.
- 32. I tried to pump up my back tyre.
- 33. He oiled his bike and pumped up the tyres.
- 34. Worn-out car tyres were stacked in heaps.
- 35. The Roadrunner had better power, better tyres, and better brakes.
- 36. The fat, broad tyres had a good depth of tread.
- 37. The raw material for the tyre is a byproduct of oil refining.
- 38. Overinflated tyres burst more easily.
- 39. The front and rear tyres interchange.
- 40. His bike's rear tyre punctured.
- 41. They took to the streets, setting up roadblocks of burning tyres.
- 42. That back tyre needs changing.
- 43. Notice how the tread on this tyre has worn down.
- 44. Could you give the tyres a check?
- 45. You'll need a bicycle pump to keep the tyres topped up with air.
- 46. A nail on the road punctured the tyre.
- 47. I found a nail sticking in the tyre.
- 48. Check the tyre pressure regularly.
- 49. This is to accommodate different tyre sizes and overall gearing.
- 50. Hiram, the king of the Phoenician city of Tyre, was an ally and business partner of Solomon, King of Israel.
- 51. I need to put some air in my tyres.