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{
"term": "tyre",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"image": "data/images/ve/vehicles_cars.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a thick rubber ring that fits around the edge of a wheel of a car, bicycle, etc.",
"labels": "(British English)(North American English, informal)(especially British English)(British English)(both North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(both North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English, informal)(both informal)(British English)(British English)(both US English)(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **front/rear tyre**"
},
{
"text": "to pump up a tyre"
},
{
"text": "a **flat tyre**"
},
{
"text": "Someone had slashed the tyres on her car."
},
{
"text": "Remember to check your tyre pressure regularly."
},
{
"text": "a burst/punctured tyre"
},
{
"text": "bald/worn tyres"
},
{
"text": "car/bicycle tyres"
},
{
"text": "He drove off with a screech of tyres."
},
{
"text": "I need him to show me how to change a tyre."
},
{
"text": "Keeping your tyres inflated to the proper pressure can improve mileage."
},
{
"text": "She checked the tyres and oil before setting off."
},
{
"text": "He was going so fast he blew (= burst) a tyre."
},
{
"text": "Her truck had snow tyres."
},
{
"text": "I got a flat tyre soon after setting off."
},
{
"text": "Someone let the tyres down overnight as a joke."
},
{
"text": "The tyres crunched to a standstill on the gravel."
},
{
"text": "This car is fitted with radial tyres."
},
{
"text": "Vandals had slashed the tyres and broken the side mirror."
},
{
"text": "tough-looking trucks with fat tyres and reinforced springs"
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: other sports", "Transport by car or lorry"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["flat", "punctured", "blown"],
"… of tyres/tires": ["set"],
"verb + tyre/tire": ["change", "replace", "inflate"],
"tyre/tire + verb": ["be deflated", "be punctured", "deflate"],
"tyre/tire + noun": ["mark", "tracks", "pressure"],
"phrases": [
"a crunch of tyres",
"a screech of tyres",
"a squeal of tyres"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to test the quality of something to see whether it is suitable for you before you buy it",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtaɪə(r)/",
"audio": "ty/tyre/tyre__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtaɪər/",
"audio": "ty/tyre/tyre__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (denoting the curved pieces of iron plate which went around the carriage wheels): perhaps a variant of archaic tire, shortening of attire (because the tyre was the “clothing” of the wheel)."
}