tar

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable, usually) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
2. (uncountable, usually) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
3. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable) A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.
4. (uncountable) Black tar, a form of heroin.

Verb

1. (transitive) To coat with tar.
2. (transitive) To besmirch.

Verb

To create a tar archive.

Synonyms

pitch

resin

seaman

gob

old salt

asphalt

Jack

mariner

sailor

sea dog

seafarer

Jack-tar

coal tar

oil tar

bluejacket

privateer

blacktop

rosin

chian

besmear with tar

pave

bitumen

distillate

gum

tar pasta

asphaltum

mineral pitch

pay

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Translations

Teer

alquitrán

goudron

catrame

teer

alcatrão

quitrà

πίσσα

teeren

brea

katran

goudronner

alquitranar

teren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɑː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ter

Inherited from Old English: teoru

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Taar

Cognate with Western Frisian: tarre

Cognate with Dutch: teer

Cognate with German: Teer

Cognate with Welsh: derw

Cognate with Lithuanian: dervà

Cognate with Russian: де́рево

Cognate with Bulgarian: дърво́

In summary

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 (dǎrvó, “tree”). More at tree.

Sentences

Roads are paved with sticky tar .