summer tire
A tire designed to have long tread life in warm conditions, that will maintain grip in…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
» There was slush on the road where the car, which had summer tires, was being driven.
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2 sensesA 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
Sommerreifen
(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).
Examples
1 sentencesThere was slush on the road where the car, which had summer tires, was being driven.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From summer + tire.From summer + tire.
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