Tyre (t r) An ancient Phoenician city on the eastern Mediterranean Sea in present-day southern Lebanon. The capital of Phoenicia after the 11th century b.c., it was a flourishing commercial center noted for its purple dyestuffs and rich, silken clothing. Tyre was besieged and captured by Alexander the Great in 332 b.c. and was finally destroyed by Muslims in a.d. 1291. |
| tyre (tr) n. Chiefly British Variant of tire2. |
tyre or US tire
Noun
a ring of rubber, usually filled with air but sometimes solid, fitted round the rim of a wheel of a road vehicle to grip the road [earlier tire, probably archaic variant of attire]
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| Noun | 1. |  Tyre - a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silksLebanese Republic, Lebanon - an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean |
| 2. |  tyre - hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air"auto tire, automobile tire, car tire, rubber tire - a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel hoop, ring - a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse" pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre - a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc wagon tire - a metal hoop forming the tread of a wheel |
Translations
n tyre [ˈtaiə]
a thick, rubber, usually air-filled strip around the edge of the wheel of a car, bicycle etc The tyres of this car don't have enough air in them. band إطار، عَجَلَه гума pneumatika dæk der Reifen ελαστικό οχήματος neumático rehv حلقه لاستیک rengas pneu צְמִיג टायर, हाल guma na kotaču gumi(abroncs), köpeny ban hjólbarði pneumatico, gomma タイヤ 타이어 padanga riepa tayar band (bil)dekk opona pneu шина pneumatika zračnica guma däck ยางรถ araba dış lâstiği 輪胎 шина; покришка ٹائر، پہيے کے اوپر کا خول lốp, vỏ 轮胎
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