spare tire meaning

Definition of spare tire

1. excess fat around the waistline

   Synonyms: love handle

   Type of: adipose tissue

spare tire in a sentence

• Stefan hid the bag underneath the spare tire.
• The best place to keep your spare tire is in the trunk of your car.
• Don't forget that we need a spare tire.
• There's a spare tire in the trunk.
• Boris didn't have a spare tire.

How to pronounce spare tire

spare tire is pronounced /spɛə ˈtaɪə/ in British English and /spɛr ˈtaɪɚ/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.