tyre

¹

[ tahyuhr ]

noun

, British.

, tyred, tyr·ing.

1. tire ².

Tyre

²

[ tahyuhr ]

noun

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

tyre

¹

/ ˈtaɪə /

noun

1. 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
2. a ring of wear-resisting steel shrunk thermally onto a cast-iron railway wheel
3. a metal band or hoop attached to the rim of a wooden cartwheel

verb

1. tr to fit a tyre or tyres to (a wheel, vehicle, etc)

Tyre

²

/ ˈtaɪə /

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tyre¹

C18: variant of C15 tire, probably from tire ³

Example Sentences

But those targets are incredibly close to the Baalbek temples and Roman ruins in Tyre, a major port of the Phoenician Empire around 2,500 years ago.

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The port cities of Sidon and Tyre have also seen an increase in attacks.

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Earlier on Monday, Israeli air strikes on the coastal city of Tyre left seven dead and 17 injured, Lebanon's health ministry said.

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On the Lebanese side, many Israeli air strikes targeted the city of Tyre, the Bekaa Valley, and Beirut, according to the BBC’s analysis of the latest monthly data collected by Acled.

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Israel has carried out at least four air strikes on the historic Lebanese port city of Tyre, hours after expanding its evacuation orders to cover several central neighbourhoods, Lebanon’s state news agency says.

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