Tar

Quick meaning: Tar is a noun meaning (uncountable) Ellipsis of black tar heroin.

Meaning

(uncountable) Ellipsis of black tar heroin.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To coat with tar.
2. (transitive) To besmirch.
3. (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
4. (computing) A file produced by such a program.
5. (computing, transitive) To create a tar archive.
6. (usually uncountable) A black, oil, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
7. (slang, dated) A sailor (because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes).

Example Sentences

If there's one man that I admire, that man's a British tar.

The allegations tarred his name, even though he was found innocent.

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.

Word Forms

• tars
• tarring
• tarred

Synonyms for tar

Depending on context, synonyms include Jack Tar, jacktar, jack, tarpaulin, pitch, asphalt.

Antonyms for tar

Common opposites include untar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include asphalt, jack-tar, gob, seafarer, mariner, pitch.

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