Meaning

7 senses
  1. A black, oil, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.

    (countable, uncountable, usually)Coal tar.

    Teer

    смола́smolá, каменноу́гольная смола́kamennoúgolʹnaja smolá, дёготьdjógotʹ

    смола́smolá, дьо́готьdʹóhotʹ, гудро́нhudrón

  2. (uncountable, usually)(often typeset "tar" in USA) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.

    Teer

    смола́smolá

  3. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A sailor (because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes).

    Teerjacke

  4. A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.

  5. A file produced by such a program.

  6. A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.

    тарtar

  7. A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.

More definitions
  • any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
  • a man who serves as a sailor

Examples

18 sentences
  1. The road was paved with tar.

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  2. The road was paved in tar.

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  3. The tar softened from the heat.

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  4. He takes a bucket of tar.

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  5. I hate these moments like tar.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
coal tar:
substance:
Русский
By meaning 3
coal tar:
substance:
Persian musical instrument:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
substance:
sailor:

Origin

Abbreviation of tape archive. Borrowed from Persian تار (târ). Doublet of tantra. Borr

Abbreviation of tape archive.

Borrowed from Persian تار (târ). Doublet of tantra.

Borrowed from Arabic طار (ṭār).

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