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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

summer tire

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables
sum-mer tire
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tire designed to have long tread life in warm conditions, that will maintain grip in wet and dry conditions, and will function in hot and cool weather, but does not maintain grip in cold or freezing conditions

noun

An all-season tire, (due to the fact that they are typically factory fitted to cars for summer use, and by law, they cannot be used in some jurisdictions in winter).

Slang

Etymology

From summer + tire.

Usage

Inflected Forms

summer tires (plural) summer tyre (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

dry-weather tire wet-weather tire all-season tire all-weather tire winter tire snow tire studded tire

Questions

What does summer tire mean?
A tire designed to have long tread life in warm conditions, that will maintain grip in wet and dry conditions, and will function in hot and cool weather, but does not maintain grip in cold or freezing conditions
Where does summer tire come from?
From summer + tire.

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