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tar ¹  (tär)

n.

1. A dark, oily, viscous material, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, produced by the destructive distillation of organic substances such as wood, coal, or peat.

2. Coal tar.

3. A solid residue of tobacco smoke containing byproducts of combustion.

tr.v. tarred, tar·ring, tars

To coat with or as if with tar.

Idioms:

tar and feather

1. To punish (a person) by covering with tar and feathers.

2. To criticize severely and devastatingly; excoriate.

tarred with the same brush

Having the same faults or bad qualities.

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[Middle English, from Old English teru; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]

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tar ¹

Noun

1. a dark sticky substance obtained by distilling organic matter such as coal, wood, or peat

2. same as coal tar

Verb

[tarring, tarred]

1. to coat with tar

2. tar and feather to cover (someone) with tar and feathers as a punishment

3. tarred with the same brush having, or regarded as having, the same faults [Old English teoru]

tarry adj

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tar ²

Noun

Informal a seaman [short for tarpaulin]

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tar  (tär)

1. A dark, oily, viscous material, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, produced by the destructive distillation of organic substances such as wood, coal, or peat.

2. See coal tar.

3. A solid, sticky substance that remains when tobacco is burned. It accumulates in the lungs of smokers and is considered carcinogenic.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tar - any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue pitch bitumen - any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons coal tar - a tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal; coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compounds
	2.	tar - a man who serves as a sailor         Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, gob, Jack able seaman, able-bodied seaman - a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills bo's'n, bo'sun, boatswain, bos'n, bosun - a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen deckhand, roustabout - a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor helmsman, steerer, steersman - the person who steers a ship bargee, bargeman, lighterman - someone who operates a barge ship's officer, officer - a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; "he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines" pilot - a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor crewman, sailor - any member of a ship's crew sea lawyer - an argumentative and contentious seaman whaler - a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales
Verb	1.	tar - coat with tar; "tar the roof"; "tar the roads" coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate"

Translations

tar [tɑːʳ] n → alquitrán m; brea;

low/middle tar cigarettes → cigarrillos con contenido bajo/medio de alquitrán

tar [tɑː] n → goudron m;

low-/middle-tar cigarettes → cigarettes fpl à faible/moyenne teneur en goudron

tar [tɑː] n → Teer m;

low/middle tar cigarettes → Zigaretten mit niedrigem/mittlerem Teergehalt

tar [tɑːʳ] n → catrame m;

low-/middle-tar cigarettes → sigarette a basso/medio contenuto di nicotina

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tar

n tar [taː]

any of several kinds of thick, black, sticky material obtained from wood, coal etc and used eg in roadmaking. teerقُطْرانкатранdehettjæreder Teerπίσσαalquitrán, brea, chapapotetõrvقیرterva, pikigoudronזֶפֶתतारकोलkatrankátránytertjaracatrameタール타르dervadarvatarteertjæresmołaalcatrãosmoalăсмола; гудронdechtkatrankatrantjäraน้ำมันดินkatran柏油，焦油смола; дьоготьتارکولnhựa đường柏油，焦油

v – past tense, past participle tarred –

to cover with tar The road has just been tarred.teerيَطْلي بالقارнамазвам с катранdehtovattjæretteerenσκεπάζω με πίσσα, πισσώνωalquitranar; embreartõrvamaقیر اندود کردنtervata, pietägoudronnerלְזַפֵּתतारकोल लगाpremazati katranombekátrányoz; aszfaltozmelapisi tertjargaincatramareタールを塗る타르를 칠하다ištepti derva[]darvotmenurap dgn tarterentjære(bre)smołowaćalcatroara unge cu smoalăгудронироватьdechtovaťpremazati s katranompremazati katranomtjära, asfalteraลาดยางkatranlamak塗(澆)柏油(或焦油)мазати дьогтем; смолитиتارکول سے ڈھانپناdải nhựa涂（浇）柏油（或焦油）

adj ˈtarry

of or like tar; covered with tar. geteer, teeragtigقَطْرانيкатраненоdehtovýtjæret; tjæreholdig; tjæreagtigteerigπισσωμένοςalquitranado, embreadotõrvaneقیر مانند؛ قیر اندودtervainengoudronneux, goudronnéמָרוּחַ בְּזֶפֶתतारकोल का, जिस पर राल या तारकोल लगा होkatranast, pokatranjenkátrányosseperti tertjöru-; tjöruborinn/-kenndurincatramatoタールの타르의, 타르를 칠한dervos, dervuotasdarvots; darvainsbertarteerachtigtjæreholdig/-aktig, tjæretsmolisty, smołowanyalcatroadomânjit cu smoală; ca smoalaсмолистыйdechtovýkatranastprekriven katranomtjärig, nedtjäradซึ่งทาด้วยน้ำมันดิน (ทาร์)katranlı塗有柏油的просмоленийتارکول جيساgiống như nhựa涂有柏油的