sipe
/sʌɪp
/noun
A groove or channel in the tread of a tyre to improve its grip.A greater number of sipes ensures good traction.
Origin
1950s: from dialect sipe 'oozing, trickling', of unknown origin.
Rhymes
- monosporangium
- monospore
- monosporidial
- monosporous
- monostable
- monostachyous
- monostatic
- monostearin
- monostelic
- monostich
- monostichous
- monostomatous
- monostome
- monostrophic
- monostylous
- monosubstituted
- monosubstitution
- monosulcate
- monosulfiram
- monosulphide
- monosulphite
- monosyllabic
- monosyllabically
- monosyllabication
- monosyllabicity