tart
IPA: tˈɑrt
noun
- A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).
- A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner).
- (Britain, slang) A prostitute.
- (Britain, slang, derogatory, by extension) Any woman with loose sexual morals.
- A surname.
verb
- To practice prostitution.
- To practice promiscuous sex.
- To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily.
adjective
- Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
- (of wine) high or too high in acidity.
- (figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.
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Examples of "tart" in Sentences
- I like to eat pecan tart.
- I ate tart as for my dessert.
- The flesh is sweet like a tart.
- Tart and Pie retreat to the alien dimension.
- He likes the pineapple tarts and the creampuffs.
- Golden syrup is the main sweetener in the treacle tart.
- The fruit of the tree ripens early and has a tart flavor.
- The flavor is tart when the cheese is young and under ripe.
- So the article is wrong to just call the fruit sweet and not mention tart.
- The berry has a somewhat tart flavor, fairly earthy with traces of sweetness.
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