tar
IPA: tˈɑr
noun
- (usually uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
- Coal tar.
- (uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
- (slang, dated) A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.
- (uncountable) Black tar, a form of heroin.
- (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
- (computing) A file produced by such a program.
- A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
- A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
- A village in Hungary.
- (sometimes with the) Initialism of Tibet Autonomous Region, an administrative region of China. [An autonomous region of China, located on the Tibetan Plateau and part of Tibet, the home to the Tibetan people]
verb
- (transitive) To coat with tar.
- (transitive) To besmirch.
- (computing, transitive) To create a tar archive.
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