spare tire

noun

1
: an extra tire for a car
2
informal : a roll of fat around the waist

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Spare aware: Find where your spare tire is located—and then replace it. Dave Shively, Outside Online, 18 Aug. 2025 For instance, the driver was mostly alone to cut out the additional weight of passengers, and the truck's spare tire was left behind to further slash weight. New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2025 The Bronco New Energy shares some aspects of the Bronco Sport, but also the full-size Bronco, like the spare tire. Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 17 July 2025 Much of the Fusion’s back half looked as if it’d been sheared off, the muffler, the spare tire, and the fuel door the clearest surviving indications of its past form. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for spare tire

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“Spare tire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spare%20tire. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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