Definition of Flat tire

1. Noun. A deflated pneumatic tire.

Exact synonyms: Flat
Generic synonyms: Pneumatic Tire, Pneumatic Tyre

Definition of Flat tire

1. Noun. (Chiefly American English) (alternative spelling of flat tyre) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flat Tire

flat out
flat papular syphilid
flat pea
flat pelvis
flat plate
flat rate
flat rates
flat revertant
flat silver
flat solid
flat space
flat spaces
flat store
flat stores
flat tip screwdriver
flat tire (current term)
flat tires
flat top waves
flat tyre
flat tyres
flat wart
flat wash
flat white
flat whites
flat wrack
flat wracks
flatback
flatbacks
flatbed
flatbed lorry

Literary usage of Flat tire

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Horseless Age (1903)
"Then it became covered all over with blisters, and was flat again in less than a minute. So there was nothing to do but run on the flat tire, ..."

2. Ansley J. Coale: An Autobiography by Ansley J. Coale (2000)
"... and said I was removing the wrong wheel: the flat tire ... the cargo area along with our car driver, who carried the left rear wheel with its flat tire. ..."

3. American Business Methods for Increasing Production and Reducing Costs in by Floyd William Parsons (1921)
"No one can drive on a flat tire, even for a block, without seriously injuring the casing. If the puncture is serious, and an extra shoe is not on hand, ..."

4. Costa Rica by Bruce Conord (2006)
"Be cautious about strangers too eager to help you find a taxi, a hotel, fix a flat tire, show you the way, or carry your bags, etc. ..."

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