TAR

Tar

Tar is a substance obtained from a variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from coal, wood, petroleum, or peat. It is black, and a mixture of hydrocarbons and free carbon. Production and trade in pine-derived tar was a major contributor in the economies of Northern Europe and Colonial America, particularly North Carolina. Its main use was in preserving wooden vessels against rot. The largest user was the Royal Navy. Demand for tar declined with the advent of iron and steel ships.

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tar

Noun

  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. A sailor, because of their tarpaulin clothes. Also Jack Tar.
  5. black tar, a form of heroin

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A program for archiving files, common on Unix.
  2. A file produced by such a program.

Noun (etymology 3)

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

Verb

  1. To coat with tar.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To create a tar archive.


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