tire

     

Tires, or tyres, (in American an British English, respectively), are either pneumatic enclosures, or solid items (including rubber, metals and plastic composites). They are used to protect and enhance the effect of road wheels.

Trivia about tire

  • The beads, body valve stem & tread are parts of a pneumatic one of these
  • As a verb, this car part is the opposite of invigorate
  • John Boyd Dunlop patented a pneumatic one of these in 1888 & built a whole company around it
  • Bridgestone product
  • Blow a band in Rotterdam & you might have to get a new one of these