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

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Meanings

nounsummer tire (plural summer tires)

plural summer tires · alternative summer tyre

  1. automotiveA 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. slangAn 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).

Origin

From summer + tire.

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Translations

Dutch zomerband
  • zomerbandtype of tire
Finnish kesärengas
  • kesärengastype of tire
French pneu d'été, pneu été
  • pneu d'ététype of tire
  • pneu ététype of tire
German Sommerreifen
  • Sommerreifentype of tire
Polish opona letnia
  • opona letniatype of tire
Swedish sommardäck
  • sommardäcktype of tire
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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