Definitions of tart [ɑrt]

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Definition of 'tart'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) tart
to the taste; sour or acid:
tart apples.

2. tart
sharp in character, spirit, or expression:
a tart remark.

3. (n.) tart
a usu. small, shallow pie, without a top crust, filled with fruit, custard, or the like.

4. tart
a prostitute or promiscuous woman.

5. (v.) tart
tart up, to adorn, dress, or decorate, esp. in a gaudy manner.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME tarte < MF)

Definition of 'tart'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

2. (noun) tart
a small open pie with a fruit filling

3. (adj) tart
a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust

4. (adj) lemony, lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart
tasting sour like a lemon

5. (adj) sharp, sharp-worded, tart
harsh
"sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark"

Definition of 'tart'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) tart
having a sharp, slightly bitter taste
The apples were a little too tart.

Definition of 'tart'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) tart
a species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie

2. (verb) tart
sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple

3. (verb) tart
fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke

Translation of 'tart'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: sharp or sour in taste These apples taste rather tart.
Afrikaans: vrank	Arabic: حامِض	Bulgarian: кисел
Brazilian: azedo	Czech: ostrý, kyselý	German: sauer
Danish: syrlig	Greek: δριμύς, αψύς	Spanish: ácido
Estonian: hapukas	Farsi: ترش	Finnish: kirpeä
French: sur	Hebrew: חמוץ	Hindi: खट्टा
Croatian: kiseo, opor	Hungarian: fanyar (ízű)	Indonesian: getir
Icelandic: súr og beiskur	Italian: acerbo; agro	Japanese: すっぱい
Korean: 시큼한	Lithuanian: aštrus, rūgštus	Latvian: skābs; skāņš
Malay: masam	Dutch: zuur	Norwegian: besk, sur
Polish: cierpki	Portuguese: azedo	Romanian: acru
Russian: кислый, терпкий	Slovak: ostrý, kyslý	Slovenian: rezek
Serbian: kiselkast	Swedish: syrlig	Thai: ซึ่งมีรสจัด
Turkish: ekşi	Taiwanese: 辛辣的，尖刻的	Ukrainian: кислий
Urdu: ترش، کھٹا	Vietnamese: cay, chát, chua	Chinese: 辛辣的，尖刻的
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