TYRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tyre mean? 

• TYRE (noun)
  The noun TYRE has 2 senses:

1. a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks

2. hoop that covers a wheel

  Familiarity information: TYRE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TYRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Sur; Tyre

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Tyre" is a part of...):

Lebanese Republic; Lebanon (an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hoop that covers a wheel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

tire; tyre

Context example:

automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air

Hypernyms ("tyre" is a kind of...):

hoop; ring (a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tyre"):

auto tire; automobile tire; car tire; rubber tire (a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel)

pneumatic tire; pneumatic tyre (a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc)

wagon tire (a metal hoop forming the tread of a wheel)

 Context examples 

These are normally found in and around the home in the form of open bottles, old tyres, uncovered water tanks and flowerpots.

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The plastic pellets, often derived from synthetic clothing, vehicle tyres, bags, cups and other discarded waste, are commonly found on beaches and in oceans around the world.

(Microplastic pollution adds to oceans’ problems, scidev.net)