tyre
Plural: tyres
Noun
- a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
- hoop that covers a wheel
- The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
- The metal rim, or metal covering on a rim, of a (wooden or metal) wheel, usually of steel or formerly wrought iron, as found on (horse-drawn or railway) carriages and wagons and on locomotives.
- Curdled milk.
- Attire.
Verb
Verb Forms: tyred, tyring, tyres
- To furnish or fit a wheel with a rubber covering.
- To fit tyres to (a vehicle).
- To adorn.
Examples
- He had to tyre his Scrabble rack with new letters, hoping for better luck.
- iron tyres for the coach and iron shoes for the horse
- pneumatic tyres
- runflat tyres
- tyres and rails of steel, and every axle with roller bearings
Origin / Etymology
The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the word derives from attire, while other sources suggest a connection with the verb to tie. George Sturt in The Wheelwright's Shop (1923) makes a case for the latter derivation in that the metal tyre ('tyer') pulled the wooden wagon wheel tightly together when it shrank after being fitted red-hot. The spelling tyre is used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and most current and former Commonwealth nations after being revived in the 19th century. Both tyre and tire were used in the 15th and 16th centuries. The United States and Canada did not adopt the revival of tyre, and tire is the only spelling currently used there.
Synonyms
Sur, tire
Scrabble Score: 7
tyre: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtyre: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tyre: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary