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inner tube
noun
: an inflatable usually ring-shaped rubber tube designed for use inside a pneumatic tire
Examples of inner tube in a Sentence
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Between takes, Spielberg was in an inner tube beside her.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2024
Sending it 30 feet skyward, he’s given the Ol’ Man Sac River its Ansel Adams-like star treatment, rendering in tactile black-and-white everything from lush riparian sloughs to teeming tributaries to spawning salmon and splashing Chico State students astride inner tubes.
—Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
Visitors must purchase tickets to ride but do not have to rent any equipment as all inner tubes are provided.
—The Arizona Republic, 3 Feb. 2024
Today the 15-mile greenway is a hub of activity, including fly-fishers casting in shallow pools and college kids floating downstream in inner tubes.
—Robert Annis, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2024
There, your family can grab an inner tube for the slides, wave pool, or lazy river.
—Karen Cicero, Parents, 3 Nov. 2023
The business rents inner tubes — and extra tubes that can carry your belongings — and offers roundtrip shuttle service for people to float down the lower Salt River in Tonto National Forest.
—Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2023
Camelback Resort Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania Zip down the mountain in a snow tube and float down the lazy river in an inner tube at this ski resort with a massive indoor water park.
—Karen Cicero, Parents, 3 Nov. 2023
His mother and 10 others died while Mr. González, tied to an inner tube, drifted in open water until his rescue.
—Andrea Rodriguez, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1894, in the meaning defined above
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“Inner tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inner%20tube. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
inner tube
noun
: an inflatable ring-shaped rubber tube used inside a tire to hold air under pressure
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