spare tire

noun

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

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Look under the spare tire and dashboard on the driver’s side, too, inside the onboard diagnostics port. Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025 But the spare tire scarcity is hardly limited to EVs. Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2025 Five-time winner and fellow Dacier teammate to Loeb, Nasser Al-Attiyah along with co-driver, Edouard Boulanger, finished fourth in the cars class after a couple of tire punctures and a time penalty for losing a spare tire in the desert. New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2025 That could include a small snow shovel, jumper cables, a flashlight, blankets and extra clothes, chargers for cell phones, water, food, a tow rope, a spare tire and a first aid kit. Mara Hoplamazian, NPR, 9 Jan. 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 22 Feb. 2025.

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