tar


Definition: Meaning of, tar in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / tɑː /

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  1. a black substance, thick and sticky when hot but hard when cold, used especially for making road surfaces
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  2. a sticky substance that forms when tobacco burns, and that gets into the lungs of people who smoke
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
tar tarred tarred
Present Participle Third Person Singular
tarring tars
[transitive]
  1. to cover a surface with tar
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  2. be/get tarred with the same brush if someone is tarred with the same brush as someone else, people think they have the same faults or have committed the same crimes, even if they have not
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  3. tar and feather to cover someone in tar and feathers as a cruel unofficial punishment
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tar used in phrases

  • Jack-tar (noun)
    1. a man who serves as a sailor
  • Tar Heel State (noun)
    1. a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies
  • coal tar (noun)
    1. a thick black sticky liquid made by heating coal without air, from which many drugs and chemical products are made
  • coal-tar creosote (noun)
    1. a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood
  • mineral tar (noun)
    1. a thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt
  • pine tar (noun)
    1. a dark viscous substance obtained from the destructive distillation of pine wood
  • pine-tar rag (noun)
    1. baseball equipment consisting of a rag soaked with pine tar; used on the handle of a baseball bat to give a batter a firm grip
  • tar paper (noun)
    1. a heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofing
  • tar pit (noun)
    1. a natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth; often acts as a trap for animals whose bones are thus preserved
  • tar-and-feather (verb)
    1. someone smear the body of with tar and feathers; done in some societies as punishment
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