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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

winter tire

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables
win-ter tire
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tire with rubber that remains soft in most winter temperatures, to maintain grip on snow on ice, with good tread life on dry roads in cold conditions (tread life is poor in warm and hot conditions)

Etymology

From winter + tire.

Inflected Forms

winter tires (plural) winter tyre (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

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

Questions

What does winter tire mean?
A tire with rubber that remains soft in most winter temperatures, to maintain grip on snow on ice, with good tread life on dry roads in cold conditions (tread life is poor in warm and hot conditions)
Where does winter tire come from?
From winter + tire.

How to pronounce winter tire

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