Tar

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A dark, oily, viscous material, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, produced by the destructive distillation of organic substances such as wood, coal, or peat.
  • n. Coal tar.
  • n. A solid residue of tobacco smoke containing byproducts of combustion.
  • v. To coat with or as if with tar.
  • idiom. tar and feather To punish (a person) by covering with tar and feathers.
  • idiom. tar and feather To criticize severely and devastatingly; excoriate.
  • idiom. tarred with the same brush Having the same faults or bad qualities.
  • n. Informal A sailor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
  • n. Coal tar.
  • n. A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
  • n. A sailor, because of their tarpaulin clothes. Also Jack Tar.
  • n. black tar, a form of heroin
  • v. To coat with tar.
  • n. A program for archiving files, common on Unix.
  • n. A file produced by such a program.
  • v. To create a tar archive.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A sailor; a seaman.
  • n. 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.
  • v. To smear with tar, or as with tar
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A small silver coin formerly current on the Malabar coast, especially at Tellicherri and Calicut. Sixteen tars of Calicut equal one fanam; one tar of Tellicherri is equivalent to four reas, and one hundred tars equal one rupee.
  • n. A thick dark-colored viscid product obtained by the destructive distillation of organic substances and bituminous minerals, as wood, coal, peat, shale, etc.
  • To smear with tar; figuratively, to cover as with tar.
  • To incite; provoke; hound.
  • n. A sailor: so called from his tarred clothes, hands, etc. Also Jack Tar.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a man who serves as a sailor
  • v. coat with tar
  • n. any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
  • Verb Form
    tarred    tarring    tars   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    surface    coat   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    tarred    tarring   
    Form
    tarred    tarring   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sailor    seaman   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adar    Aer    Afar    Ajar    Ar    Azar    Babar    Bar    Barr    Belvoir   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    turpentine    tallow    sulphur    grease    wax    paraffin    glue    charcoal    soap    resin