Tyre definition

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(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK) The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
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An ancient sea port and city state of Phoenecia, in present-day Lebanon.
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(India) Curdled milk.
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(obsolete) Attire.
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An ancient Phoenician city on the eastern Mediterranean Sea in present-day southern Lebanon. The capital of Phoenicia after the 11th century bc , it was a flourishing commercial center noted for its purple dyestuffs and rich, silken clothing. Tyre was besieged and captured by Alexander the Great in 332 bc and was destroyed by a Mameluke army in ad 1291.
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(place) Seaport in SW Lebanon, on the Mediterranean: center of ancient Phoenician culture.
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Alternative Forms

Alternative Form of tyre - tyrus

Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
tyre
Plural:
tyres

Origin of tyre

  • The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the word derives from attire, while other sources suggest a connection with the verb to tie. The spelling tyre is used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand after being revived in the 19th century. Both tyre and tire were used in the 15th and 16th centuries. The United States did not adopt the revival of tyre, and tire is the only spelling currently used there and in Canada.

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  • From Ancient Greek Τύρος (Turos, Týros), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤅𐤓 (“á¹¢ur") , after the rocky formation on which the town was originally built. Compare Latin Tyrus, Akkadian ð’‹—ð’Š’ (á¹¢urru). Cognate to Arabic صور (Ṣūr), Hebrew צוֹר (Tz), Tiberian Hebrew צר (Ṣōr), Turkish Sur.

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  • From Tamil.

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Tyre Sentence Examples

  • His geography was based more immediately on the work of his predecessor, Marinus of Tyre, and on that of Hipparchus, the follower and critic of Eratosthenes.

  • The prince of Tyre occupied part of Galilee.

  • They traded also on the Red sea, and opened up regular traffic with India as well as with the ports of the south and west, so that it was natural for Solomon to employ the merchant navies of Tyre in his oversea trade.

  • See opening of the letters of Abimelech of Tyre, Bezold's Oriental Diplomacy, Nos.

  • Tribute was received from Tyre and Sidon; and Jehu, who was now king of Israel, sent his gifts of gold, silver, &c., to the conqueror.

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