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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Examples of "tar" in Sentences
- The tar can be recycled to the reactor.
- In any case, there is no tar in the tar sands.
- The hull was waterproofed with moss drenched in tar.
- A tar file is the concatenation of one or more files.
- The tar was used with the char to create the briquettes.
- Thus, the expression tar baby meant a tar doll or tar mannequin.
- Sometimes the bottom of the craft is tarred to make it waterproof.
- The petroleum in the tar sands is heavier than the heaviest crude oil.
- Part of the catch was transported down south, along with Seal blubber and tar.
- Sadigjan himself was reported of having decorated his tar with gold and nacre.
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