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tar

UK/tɑː/ US/tɑɹ/ fairly common slang
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

Synonyms
2.

verb

1.

coat with tar

  • “tar the roof”
  • “tar the roads”

Origin

PIE word *dóru From Middle English ter, terr, tarr, from Old English teoru, from Proto-West Germanic *teru, from Proto-Germanic *terwą, from Proto-Indo-European *derwo-, from *dóru (“tree”). See also Saterland Frisian Taar, West Frisian tarre, tar, Dutch teer, German Teer; also Welsh derw (“oaks”), Lithuanian dervà (“pinewood, resin”), Russian де́рево (dérevo, “tree”), Bulgarian дърво́ (dărvó, “tree”). More at tree.

Phrases

  • Archangel tar Terms derived from tar (noun)
  • Athabasca tar sands Terms derived from tar (noun)
  • beat the tar out of Terms derived from tar (noun)
  • birch tar Terms derived from tar (noun)
  • black as tar Terms derived from tar (noun)
  • black tar Terms derived from tar (noun)
  • coal tar Terms derived from tar (noun)
  • gas tar Terms derived from tar (noun)
  • tar and feather
  • tar out
  • tar with the same brush
  • tar with the same stick

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