Meaning of Tar | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
   countable, uncountable, usually
2. Coal tar.
   countable, uncountable, usually
3. A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
4. A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
5. A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
6. Initialism of Tibet Autonomous Region, an administrative region of China.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, sometimes
7. A village in Hungary.
8. A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
   uncountable, usually
9. A file produced by such a program.
10. A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.
    countable, dated, slang, uncountable
11. Black tar, a form of heroin.
    uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

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

“MOHAMMAD REZA SHAJARIAN (Thursday) Renowned in his native Iran, the vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian has been performing since the 1960s, and is now widely considered one of the finest classical Persian singers in the world. Mr. Shajarian’s son, Homayoun Shajarian, will provide additional vocals and tombak (goblet drum), while Ensemble Ava, a four-piece, will contribute additional instrumentation on the ancient Persian instruments barbat (short-necked lute), tar (long-necked lute), kamancheh (spike fiddle) and daf (frame drum).”

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