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summer tire

summer tire 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

summer tire (plural summer tires)

  1. 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
  2. (slang) 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).

Forms of summer tire

pluralsummer tires
alternative formsummer tyre

Origin of summer tire

From summer + tire.

Questions about summer tire

What does summer tire mean?
Summer tire means 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.
What part of speech is summer tire?
Summer tire is a noun.
What is the plural of summer tire?
The plural of summer tire is summer tires.

Words near summer tire in the dictionary

  1. summer sunstead
  2. summer tanager
  3. summer tanagers
  4. summer teeth
  5. summer time
  6. summer tire
  7. summer tires
  8. Summer Triangle
  9. summer tyre
  10. summer tyres
  11. summer vacation

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