"spare tire" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-spare tire.ogg [Australia] Forms: spare tires [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spare tire (plural spare tires)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spare, tire. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: spare tyre [UK] Related terms: beer belly, Kummerspeck, love handle, saddlebags
    Sense id: en-spare_tire-en-noun-dmAx7ul8 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 57 7 37
  2. An extra wheel carried as a replacement in case of a flat. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Obesity Synonyms: spare wheel Hyponyms (extra wheel): donut
    Sense id: en-spare_tire-en-noun-u76tEBxj Disambiguation of Obesity: 23 54 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 59 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 56 18 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 56 20 Disambiguation of 'extra wheel': 0 100 0
  3. (idiomatic) Excess weight or fat accumulated near the waist. Tags: Canada, US, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-spare_tire-en-noun-srLTDZk9

Inflected forms

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