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PNEUMATIC TYRE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc
Synonyms:
pneumatic tire; pneumatic tyre
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pneumatic tyre" is a kind of...):
tire; tyre (hoop that covers a wheel)
Meronyms (parts of "pneumatic tyre"):
casing (the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire)
inner tube (an inflatable rubber tube that fits inside the casing of a pneumatic tire)
tread (the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pneumatic tyre"):
flat; flat tire (a deflated pneumatic tire)
radial; radial-ply tire; radial tire (pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing)
snow tire (an automobile pneumatic tire with deep tread to give traction in snow)
tubeless; tubeless tire (pneumatic tire not needing an inner tube to be airtight)
Holonyms ("pneumatic tyre" is a part of...):
bicycle wheel (the wheel of a bicycle)
car wheel (a wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap; used to propel the car)
