tar

Speech parts

1. tar - Noun

2. tar - Verb

3. Tar - Proper noun

Meaning

A sailor; a seaman.

A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it.

To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pitch asphalt bitumen smear sailor jack amber mariner gob jak voyager boatswain seafarer lute seaman
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Antonyms

back support agree trust clean brush
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Hypernyms

sailor surface coat bitumen crewman

Hyponyms

boatswain pilot helmsman officer roustabout bargeman

Phrases with the word

tar with the same brush Athabasca tar sands tar-wood tar-black tar-and-feathering coal tar pitch

Derivatives

tarred tarring

Examples

When we talked about Danish novels, it was as if we had in mind a vague impression of Dostoyevsky and those other story-tellers who appear to have spilled a great mass of tar which then, obeying only the laws of gravity, somehow oozes along formlessly into every crack and crevice. Halldór Laxness

Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar on the bat and he went to the umpire, the next thing we knew they were fighting about it. Bert Campaneris

I talk to people who are musicians, and they go, Oh this is hell. And I go, Are you kidding me? You never put tar paper on a roof, did ya? Chris Isaak

If vodka, tar and sauna don't help, the disease leads to death. Finnish Proverb

Like a snail on a barrel of tar. Dutch Proverb

The tar of my country is better than the honey of others. Moroccan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

taquito taqwa taqwacore tar and feather tar apple tar baby