Tyre vs Tye - What's the difference?
tyre | tye |
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK) The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
(India) curdled milk
attire
a knot; a tie
(Sussex) a patch of common land, often a village green.
(nautical) A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.
(mining) A trough for washing ores.
As a proper noun tyre
is an ancient sea port and city state of phoenecia, in present-day lebanon.As a noun tye is
a third .tyre
English
(wikipedia tyre)Etymology 1
The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the word derives from (attire), while other sources suggest a connection with the verb to'' (tie). The spelling ''tyre'' is used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand after being revived in the 19th century. Both ''tyre'' and (tire) were used in the 15th and 16th centuries. The United States did not adopt the revival of ''tyre'', and ''(tire) is the only spelling currently used there and in Canada.Alternative forms
* (qualifier) tireNoun
(en noun)Usage notes
Tyre is one of the few words where Canadian usage prefers the US spelling over the British/Commonwealth spelling.Etymology 2
From Tamil.Noun
(-)Etymology 3
Noun
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English
Noun
(en noun)- (Knight)