PNEUMATIC TIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pneumatic tire mean? 

• PNEUMATIC TIRE (noun)
  The noun PNEUMATIC TIRE has 1 sense:

1. a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc

  Familiarity information: PNEUMATIC TIRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PNEUMATIC TIRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pneumatic tire; pneumatic tyre

Hypernyms ("pneumatic tire" is a kind of...):

tire; tyre (hoop that covers a wheel)

Meronyms (parts of "pneumatic tire"):

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 tire"):

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 tire" 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)