studded tire

noun

A tire with rubber that remains soft in subfreezing conditions, and equipped with metal studs (pins) to increase traction on ice by digging into it.

Meanings

nounstudded tire (plural studded tires)

plural studded tires · alternative studded tyre

  1. automotiveA tire with rubber that remains soft in subfreezing conditions, and equipped with metal studs (pins) to increase traction on ice by digging into it.

Origin

Translations

Finnish nastarengas
  • nastarengastire equipped with metal studs
French pneu clouté, pneu à crampon
  • pneu cloutétire equipped with metal studs
  • pneu à crampontire equipped with metal studs
  • pneu à cloustire equipped with metal studs
  • pneu avec crampontire equipped with metal studs
  • pneu avec cloustire equipped with metal studs
  • pneu studdedtire equipped with metal studs
  • pneu studtire equipped with metal studs
  • pneu à studtire equipped with metal studs
  • pneu avec studstire equipped with metal studs
Icelandic nagladekk
  • nagladekktire equipped with metal studs
Russian шипо́ванная рези́на, ошипо́ванная ши́на
  • шипо́ванная рези́на (šipóvannaja rezína)tire equipped with metal studs
  • ошипо́ванная ши́на (ošipóvannaja šína)tire equipped with metal studs
Swedish dubbdäck
  • dubbdäcktire equipped with metal studs
Cite this entry
APA

studded tire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/studded%20tire

MLA

“studded tire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/studded%20tire. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “studded tire,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/studded%20tire.

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