summer tire
English
noun
Definitions
- (automotive) 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
- (slang) all-season tires (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)
Etymology
Compound from English summer (horizontal beam, pack horse) + English tire.
Origin
English
tire
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Summerland English
- aftersummer English
- all-season tire English
- all-weather tire English
- foresummer English
- headtire English
- midsummer English
- nonsummer English
- oversummer English
- overtire English
- presummer English
- snow tire English
- studded tire English
- summer English
- summer-like English
- summerfag English
- summerful English
- summerhouse English
- summerish English
- summerize English
- summerless English
- summerlike English
- summerlong English
- summerly English
- summersweet English
- summertide English
- summertime English
- summerwear English
- summerweight English
- summerwood English
- summery English
- tire English
- tirelike English
- tireling English
- tiremaker English
- tiresome English
- tirest English
- tireth English
- tirewoman English
- unsummered English
- winter tire English
- Sommer German
- サマー Japanese
- タイヤ Japanese
- somer Middle English
- tiren Middle English
- somero Esperanto
- jem̧ar Marshallese
- itayala Xhosa
- tire
- tireth
- tirest
- summer
- summery
- tirelike
- summerly
- overtire
- tiresome
- tireling
- headtire
- tirewoman
- snow tire
- presummer
- midsummer
- summerful
- summerize
- tiremaker
- summerish
- summerfag
- nonsummer
- summerwood
- oversummer
- Summerland
- foresummer
- unsummered
- summerlong
- summerwear
- summerless
- summertide
- summertime
- summerlike
- summerhouse
- summer-like
- aftersummer
- winter tire
- summersweet
- summerweight
- studded tire
- all-season tire
- all-weather tire