tare
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Is tare a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of tare?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (rare) A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa)rare
2. (rare, figuratively) A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.Examples: "But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way."; "I saw as I thought an uncle and guardian who has led a sober, industrious and Christian life and finds himself obliged to look on the tares of folly in his own close kin."figurativelyrare
verb (English)
1. (chiefly business and law) To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise.Examples: "he is […] to tare such number of bales as may be deemed necessary to settle the net weight for duty."; "Without question, I think, the exploit of "Jubilee" No. 45737 Atlas [...] was the finest [...], for the train was made up to eleven bogies taring the maximum of 350 tons for an engine of this class, notwithstanding which 7 min. was gained on schedule."
2. (sciences) To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.Examples: "2003, Dany Spencer Adams, Lab Math, CSHL Press, p. 63, Spectrometers, for example, must be zeroed before each reading; balances must be tared before each weighing."Synonyms: zero
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) simple past of tearform-ofobsoletepast
noun (English)
1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter T.Synonyms: Tango
Definition source: Wiktionary