tar

Noun

tar

1. A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
2. Coal tar.
3. A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
4. (nautical, slang, dated) A sailor, from the tar they would use to waterproof their clothes.[1]

3 letters in word "tar": A R T.

Anagrams of tar:

• art

• rat

Words found within tar:

ar at ta

• Definitions:
• pitch: any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue coat with tar; "tar the roof"; "tar the roads" mariner: a man who serves as a sailor
• Tar is Visage's first single, released on Radar Records on September 7, 1979. The title track is also available on Visage's debut album.
• A tar is a single-headed frame drum. The tar comes from North Africa and the Middle East. Older than the Bible, depictions of these frame drums date back thousands of years.
• The tar is a long-necked, waisted lute found in Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and other areas near the Caucasus region. The word ??? tar itself means "string" in Persian. ...
• Tar is a viscous black liquid derived from the destructive distillation of organic matter. Most tar is produced from coal as a byproduct of coke production, but it can also be produced from petroleum, peat or wood.
• A tar is a slang term used for a sailor. Hats and clothes were treated with tar to waterproof them. The tar-impregnated cloth or tarpaulin provided protection in harsh conditions.
• In computing, tar (derived from tape archive) is both file format (in the form of a type of archive bitstream) and the name of the program used to handle such files. The format was standardized by POSIX.1-1998 and later POSIX.1-2001. ...
• Tar is the common name for the resinous partially combusted particulate matter produced by the burning of tobacco, cannabis, and other plant material in the act of smoking. ...
• A brown or black bituminous material, liquid or semisolid in consistency, in which the elements are obtained as condensates in the processing of coal, petroleum, oil-shale, wood or other organic materials.
• Tape ARchive - a compression format commonly used in the transfer and storage of files residing on UNIX computers.
• Tar, a slang term for a Sailor, has been in use since at least 1676. The term "Jack tar" was used by the 1780s. Early Sailors wore overalls and broad-brimmed hats made of tar-impregnated fabric called tarpaulin cloth. ...
• In Unix, what is tar, and how do I use it?
• An oily substance resulting from the burning of tobacco and consisting of thousands of chemicals, some of which are carcinogenic or otherwise harmful,
• A file compression format generally found on UNIX platforms.
• double bowl shaped lute with sheep skin vellum, three double ocurses of strings, played with a plectrum.
• Upper octave region; upper pitch register
• a pungent odour like boiling asphalt at a road construction site, which is often accompanied by BuNa smell. This antiprana is mainly present with new tyres and other technical black, semi- synthetic rubber products those tend to contain toxic chemical additives. ...
• In this report published in January 2001, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that accumulating evidence points strongly toward a steadily warming world in the 21st Century. ...
• Groups of files are often tarred together so that they may be handled as a single file. A file that ends with this extension is probably such a file and will have to be untarred into its individual components before use. ...
• A UNIX command used to combine (and optionally compress) files together.
• was given to sailors because in the old days, sailors used to tar their clothing to make it waterproof.
• A thick by product of tobacco smoke.
• a carcinogen in tobacco.
• A method of file archiving.
• A term used by the turpentine industry. The heavier portion produced in the distillation of resin. When fatwood limbs were cooked down in a fire kiln this was usually produced. Although tar had a variety of uses, it was most often used in the waterproofing or ships. ...
• Hydrocarbons that exist in solid form at room temperature.
• sailor; short for tarpaulin
• A sticky, gummy substance in tobacco. Tar may cause cancer and is what stains smokers’ teeth.
• (Pronounced "tar".) This is a Middle Eastern frame drum which looks like a large tambourine. Another name for it is Def.
• A fibrous paper, saturated with asphalt to be used as an underlayment, to increase protection to roof.
• Technical Assistance Request. Formal calls to Oracle’s support office asking for help with an Oracle-related problem. TARs may be initiated by phone or via Oracle’s on-line (Internet) support site. TARs should be initiated by the Department’s designated technical contact for Oracle.
• The IPCC's Forth Assessment Report was finalised in late 2006 and published in early 2007.
• is a form required for obtaining Medi-Cal reimbursement for some services, including Medical Nutrition Assessment and Medical Nutrition Treatment.

• tapus ←
• tapuing ←
• tapued ←
• tar
• → tara
• → taradiddle
• → taradiddles