spare tires

Trunk backup wheels

Spare tires are the extra tires carried in vehicles for emergencies—kept in the trunk or mounted on the back, ready if a tire goes flat.

The singular spare tire also refers to a roll of fat around the midsection: He's been trying to lose that spare tire.

The belly bulges over the waistband like a tire mounted around the torso.

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vehicle · love handles · beer belly · beer gut · trunk · emergency kit · wrench · breadbasket · backup · road trip · jack · bay window · dad bod · middle age spread · stomachs · tread · wheel · pot belly

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usage status

spare tiresdaily drivers

Regularly used personal vehicles

all-season tires · performance tires

body fat (slang)

spare tiresflat stomach

Taut abdominal region

washboard stomach · athletic build

necessity vs. redundancy

spare tiresnecessities

What you cannot lack

essentials · must-haves · indispensables

Family

tired, tire, spare, retire, retiring, tiring, retired, retirement, sparing

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G