tar
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Is tar a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of tar?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (usually uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.countableuncountableusually
2. (usually uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.uncountableusually
3. (slang, dated) A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.Examples: "Shines in all climates like a star; In senates bold, and fierce in war; A land commander, and a tar."; "a ruminating tar was[…]adorning [the wooden settle] with his jack-knife,[…]trying his hand at a ship under full sail."; "If there's one man that I admire, that man's a British tar."Synonyms: Jack Tar, Jack tar, jacktar, jackcountabledatedslanguncountable
4. (uncountable) Black tar, a form of heroin.uncountable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To coat with tar.transitive
2. (transitive) To besmirch.Examples: "The allegations tarred his name, even though he was found innocent."; "Dr. Sign: In fact, maybe you think I should get credit, but if I do, Dr. Frendall will be scorned. You know why Dr. Ellsworth: Yes, I know. Your critics will tar him with the same brush as you."transitive
noun (English)
1. (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
2. (computing) A file produced by such a program.
verb (English)
1. (computing, transitive) To create a tar archive.transitive
name (English)
1. (sometimes with the) Initialism of Tibet Autonomous Region, an administrative region of China.abbreviationalt-ofinitialismsometimes
Definition source: Wiktionary