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A black, oil, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal. Coal tar.

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    A black, oil, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal. Coal tar.

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    A black, oil, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal. (often typeset "tar" in USA) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.

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    desuetoA sailor (because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes).

    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.

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    Variante di black tar heroinEllipsis of black tar heroin.

Etimologia

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.

verbo

  1. 1

    To coat with tar.

  2. 2

    To besmirch.

    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.

sostantivo

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    A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.

  2. 2

    A file produced by such a program.

Etimologia

Abbreviation of tape archive.

verbo

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    To create a tar archive.

sostantivo

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

Etimologia

Borrowed from Persian تار (târ). Doublet of tantra.

sostantivo

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

Etimologia

Borrowed from Arabic طار (ṭār).

sostantivo

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    Variante di taraAlternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).

Forme

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tars
passato
tarred
participio passato
tarred
participio presente
tarring
3ª persona singolare
tars
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