tar

Meaning of tar

noun
  1. (usually uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
  2. Coal tar.
  3. A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
  4. A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.
  5. Black tar, a form of heroin.
verb
  1. To coat with tar.
  2. To besmirch.
    The allegations tarred his name, even though he was found innocent.
noun
  1. A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
  2. A file produced by such a program.

verb

To create a tar archive.

noun

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

noun

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

Information about tar

Hyphenation of tar

tar

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • tar is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

tar synonyms

Meaning pitch:

pitch

Meaning mariner:

mariner, seaman, Jack, seafarer, gob

tar antonyms

Meaning :

untar

Translation of tar

Anagrams of tar

Art, art, rat, tra

Words that rhyme with tar

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