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tar

Pronunciation: /tɑː/

The English word “tar” has 10 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Coal tar.
  2. (often typeset "tar" in USA) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
  3. A sailor (because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes).
  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.
  7. A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.

verb

  1. To coat with tar.
  2. To besmirch.
  3. To create a tar archive.

Etymology

PIE word *dóru Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dóruder. Proto-Germanic *terwą Old English teoru Middle English ter English tar 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…

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