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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snow tire

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables
snow tire
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tire with rubber that remains soft at most winter temperatures, designed to maintain grip on snow and ice (historically these tires have poor tread life on tarmac and pavement, especially in non-cold temperatures)

noun

winter tires (due to winter tires being a more recent development than traditional snow tires)

Slang

Etymology

From snow + tire.

Usage

Inflected Forms

snow tires (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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

Questions

What does snow tire mean?
A tire with rubber that remains soft at most winter temperatures, designed to maintain grip on snow and ice (historically these tires have poor tread life on tarmac and pavement, especially in non-cold temperatures)
Where does snow tire come from?
From snow + tire.

How to pronounce snow tire

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