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inner tube
noun
: an inflatable usually ring-shaped rubber tube designed for use inside a pneumatic tire
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When the inner tube fills, water overflows into the outer tube, which can hold 20 inches of water.
—Russ Schumacher, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
McPhee fondly recalls a time her granddaughter slipped through an inner tube while the entire family of 10 was tethered together, floating down Ginnie Springs in Florida.
—Kinsey Gidick, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024
In her experience, old-school tire inner tubes are often less than $10 and less likely to pop than low- or mid-priced float tubes.
—Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 3 Sep. 2024
A day later, a shark bit a 26-year-old man from Sarasota on his left foot at New Smyrna Beach while on an inner tube in about five feet of water, according to officials.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 11 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1894, in the meaning defined above
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“Inner tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inner%20tube. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
inner tube
noun
: an inflatable ring-shaped rubber tube used inside a tire to hold air under pressure
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