tyre

[ tahyuhr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, British.

, tyred, tyr·ing.

Tyre

[ tahyuhr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.

tyre

/ ˈtaɪə /

See radial-ply, cross-ply, tubeless tyre
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

Tyre

/ 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 nameSur

Origin of tyre¹

C18: variant of C15 tire, probably from tire ³

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 king of Egypt shall be overthrown, and his kingdom wasted: it shall be given to Nabuchodonosor for his service against Tyre.

And I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the houses thereof.

And Tyre hath built herself a strong hold, and heaped together silver as earth, and gold as the mire of the streets.

Emath also in the borders thereof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves to be exceeding wise.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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