Usually means: Extra wheel for emergency use.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word spare tire:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. spare tire: Merriam-Webster
  2. spare tire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. spare tire: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. spare tire: Vocabulary.com
  5. spare tire: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. spare tire: Wiktionary
  7. spare tire: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. spare tire: Dictionary.com
  9. Spare tire (body fat), Spare tire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. spare tire: Rhymezone
  11. spare tire: FreeDictionary.org
  12. spare tire: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. spare tire: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spare tire: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spare tire: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spare tire: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See spare_tires as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (spare tire)

noun:  An extra wheel carried as a replacement in case of a flat.
noun:  (idiomatic) Excess weight or fat accumulated near the waist.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see spare, tire.

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