tyre

(BrE) (AmE tire) noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ flat, punctured (esp. BrE)

▪

I got a flat tyre soon after setting off.

▪ blown (AmE), burst (BrE)

▪ bald, worn

▪ defective

▪ old, scrap (esp. AmE), used

▪ recycled

▪ spare

▪ front

▪ back, rear

▪ nearside, offside (both BrE)

▪

The front nearside tyre was unroadworthy.

▪ fat

▪

trucks with fat tyres and reinforced springs

▪ balloon, pneumatic, radial, snow, whitewall

▪

an off-road vehicle fitted with balloon tyres

▪

Her truck had snow tyres.

▪ off-road, road

▪ bicycle, car, etc.

… OF TYRES/TIRES

▪ set

VERB + TYRE/TIRE

▪ change, replace

▪ inflate, pump (AmE), pump up

▪ deflate, let down (BrE)

▪

Someone let the tyres down overnight as a joke.

▪ fit, fit sth with

▪

This car is fitted with radial tyres.

▪ blow (esp. AmE), burst (esp. BrE)

▪

He was going so fast he blew a tyre.

▪ fix

▪

He fixed a flat tyre on his bike.

▪ check

▪

She checked the tyres and oil before setting off.

▪ slash

▪

Vandals had slashed the tyres and broken the side mirror.

TYRE/TIRE + VERB

▪ be deflated, be punctured, deflate, go flat

▪ get a puncture, have a puncture, suffer a puncture (all esp. BrE)

▪

My front tyre had a slow puncture.

▪ blow, blow out, burst (esp. BrE)

▪

A back tyre blew after half an hour tearing along a rocky road.

▪ crunch, screech, squeal

▪

The tyres crunched to a standstill on the gravel.

▪

She braked suddenly, her tyres squealing in protest.

TYRE/TIRE + NOUN

▪ mark, tracks

▪ pressure, size

▪ tread

▪ iron (AmE)

▪

The victim had been beaten with a tyre iron.

▪ chain (esp. AmE)

▪

For working in snow, tyre chains are essential.

▪ swing

▪

She had been sitting on the tyre swing rocking back and forth.

PHRASES

▪ a crunch of tyres, a screech of tyres, a squeal of tyres

▪

He roared up the drive with a screech of tyres.