pneumatic tyre

  • 1pneumatic tyre — noun a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc • Syn: ↑pneumatic tire • Hypernyms: ↑tire, ↑tyre • Hyponyms: ↑flat, ↑flat tire, ↑ …

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  • 2pneumatic tyre — /njuˌmætɪk ˈtaɪə/ (say nyooh.matik tuyuh) noun a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure …

  • 3Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v New Garage & Motor Co Ltd — Court House of Lords Citation(s) [1914] UKHL 1, [1915] AC 79 …

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  • 4Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge & Co Ltd — Court House of Lords Citation(s) [1915] UKHL 1, [1915] AC 847 …

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  • 5Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre v. Selfridge and Co. Ltd. — Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre v. Selfridge and Co. Ltd. [1915] A.C. 847 is a leading House of Lords case on privity of contract. It established that only a party to a contract can be sued on it. Background Dunlop, a tyre manufacturing company, made a… …

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  • 6tyre gauge — noun A device for measuring the air pressure in a pneumatic tyre • • • Main Entry: ↑tyre …

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  • 7tyre — noun /taɪə(ɹ)/ The ring shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid. See Also: pneumatic tyre, spare tyre …

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  • 8pneumatic tire — noun a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc • Syn: ↑pneumatic tyre • Hypernyms: ↑tire, ↑tyre • Hyponyms: ↑flat, ↑flat tire, ↑ …

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  • 9tyre — /ˈtaɪə / (say tuyuh) noun 1. a band of metal or rubber, fitted round the rim of a wheel as a running surface. The inflated rubber pneumatic tyre provides good adhesion and resistance to shock. –verb (t) (tyred, tyring) 2. to furnish with a tyre… …

  • 10tyre — (BrE) (AmE tire) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ flat, punctured (esp. BrE) ▪ I got a flat tyre soon after setting off. ▪ blown (AmE), burst (BrE) ▪ …

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