- an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- a rubber ring placed over the rim of a wheel of a road vehicle to provide traction and reduce road shocks, esp a hollow inflated ring (pneumatic tyre) consisting of a reinforced outer casing enclosing an inner tube
- a ring of wear-resisting steel shrunk thermally onto a cast-iron railway wheel
- a metal band or hoop attached to the rim of a wooden cartwheel
- to fit a tyre or tyres to (a wheel, vehicle, etc)
- a port in S Lebanon, on the Mediterranean: founded about the 15th century bc; for centuries a major Phoenician seaport, famous for silks and its Tyrian-purple dye; now a small market town. Pop: 141 000 (2005 est)
