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Noun: pneumatic tire  noo'ma-tik tI(-u)r
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: pneumatic tyre)
  1. A tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc.
    "He replaced the flat pneumatic tire on his bicycle";
    - pneumatic tyre [Brit]

Derived forms: pneumatic tires

Type of: tire [N. Amer], tyre [Brit]

Part of: bicycle wheel, car wheel

Encyclopedia: Pneumatic tire