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1. (n.) tar
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
2. tar
coal-tar pitch.
3. tar
smoke solids or components:
cigarette tar.
4. (v.t.) tar
to smear or cover with or as if with tar.
5. (adj.) tar
of or characteristic of tar.
6. tar
covered or smeared with tar.
7. tar
to coat (a person) with tar and feathers as a punishment or humiliation.
8. tar
tar with the same brush, to regard as having the same unfavorable qualities as one whose shortcomings are known.
9. (n.) tar
a sailor.
Etymology: (1740–50; perh. short for tarpaulin)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pitch, tar
any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
2. (verb) mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog
a man who serves as a sailor
3. (verb) tar
coat with tar
"tar the roof"; "tar the roads"
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1. (noun) tar
a thick black substance used to make the surface of a road
2. tar
a black substance produced when tobacco burns
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) TAR
a sailor; a seaman
2. (noun) TAR
a thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it
3. (verb) TAR
to smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth
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Sense: any of several kinds of thick, black, sticky material obtained from wood, coal etc and used eg in roadmaking.
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 Afrikaans: teer |
 Arabic: قُطْران |
 Bulgarian: катран |
 Brazilian: alcatrão |
 Czech: dehet |
 German: der Teer |
 Danish: tjære |
 Greek: πίσσα |
 Spanish: alquitrán, brea, chapapot |
 Estonian: tõrv |
 Farsi: قیر |
 Finnish: terva |
 French: goudron |
 Hebrew: זֶפֶת |
 Hindi: तारकोल |
 Croatian: katran |
 Hungarian: kátrány |
 Indonesian: ter |
 Icelandic: tjara |
 Italian: catrame |
 Japanese: タール |
 Korean: 타르 |
 Lithuanian: derva |
 Latvian: darva |
 Malay: tar |
 Dutch: teer |
 Norwegian: tjære |
 Polish: smoła |
 Portuguese: alcatrão |
 Romanian: smoală |
 Russian: смола; гудрон |
 Slovak: decht |
 Slovenian: katran |
 Serbian: katran |
 Swedish: tjära |
 Thai: น้ำมันดิน |
 Turkish: katran |
 Taiwanese: 柏油，焦油 |
 Ukrainian: смола; дьоготь |
 Urdu: تارکول |
 Vietnamese: nhựa đường |
 Chinese: 柏油，焦油，沥青 |
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