spare tire

noun

1

: an extra tire for a car

2

informal : a roll of fat around the waist

Examples of spare tire in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The spare tire had been stolen, and a window was busted open. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026

There is no rear window, but then there’s no rear window in a Polestar 4, and to be frank, barely a view out the back of a Corvette or even a Land Rover Defender when the spare tire is on the back. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026

Sure enough, Mattie’s K-9 dog Robo finds drugs in the spare tire. — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026

Officers are trained never to rule out the possibility that someone who could kill them is stowed like a spare tire in an unlatched rear compartment. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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