inner tube

noun

: an inflatable usually ring-shaped rubber tube designed for use inside a pneumatic tire

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Tubeless tires don't have an inner tube—an airtight seal keeps the air in—and that allows for higher-quality, thicker, and tougher tires (though not as tough as solid tires). —

Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2024 Rubber inner tubes that the girl used as flotation devices. —

Hannah Peart, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024 There's a closet nearby, full of foam noodles and inflatable inner tubes, and once the boys sussed that out, most of my ideas for excursions were sunk. —

Jo Rodgers, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2024 Pay to continue north On Monday morning, Luis Alonso Valle, a 43-year-old Honduran traveling with his wife and two children, climbed off a raft lashed together with truck inner tubes and boards that had carried them across the Suchiate to Mexico. —

Maria Verza, The Denver Post, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for inner tube