tyre
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Other definitions for Tyre (2 of 2)
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
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How to use tyre in a sentence
Last year I met a bomb victim, Ali Muorad, a good-natured twentysomething native of tyre in southern Lebanon.
The king of tyre, who affected to be like to God, shall fall under the like sentence with Lucifer.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThe king of Egypt shall be overthrown, and his kingdom wasted: it shall be given to Nabuchodonosor for his service against tyre.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAnd I will send a fire upon the wall of tyre, and it shall devour the houses thereof.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAnd tyre hath built herself a strong hold, and heaped together silver as earth, and gold as the mire of the streets.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
Emath also in the borders thereof, and tyre, and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves to be exceeding wise.
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British Dictionary definitions for tyre (1 of 2)
US tire
/ (ˈtaɪə) /
a rubber ring placed over the rim of a wheel of a road vehicle to provide traction and reduce road shocks, esp a hollow inflated ring (pneumatic tyre) consisting of a reinforced outer casing enclosing an inner tube: See also tubeless tyre, cross-ply, radial-ply
a ring of wear-resisting steel shrunk thermally onto a cast-iron railway wheel
a metal band or hoop attached to the rim of a wooden cartwheel
(tr) to fit a tyre or tyres to (a wheel, vehicle, etc)
Origin of tyre
1British Dictionary definitions for Tyre (2 of 2)
Tyr
/ (ˈtaɪə) /
a port in S Lebanon, on the Mediterranean: founded about the 15th century bc; for centuries a major Phoenician seaport, famous for silks and its Tyrian-purple dye; now a small market town. Pop: 141 000 (2005 est): Arabic name: Sur
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