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spare tyre

noun

  1. an additional tyre, usually mounted on a wheel, carried by a motor vehicle in case of puncture
  2. slang.
    a deposit of fat just above the waist
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The tool box, also, was on the foot-board, so the spare tyre had to be strapped inside the caravan above the driving seat.

Luckily we carried a spare tyre, but it was a non-skidder, and from now on our driver had to be very careful.

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