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"Tar" Definition

noun

A dark, oily, viscous material, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, produced by the destructive distillation of organic substances such as wood, coal, or peat.
A solid residue of tobacco smoke containing byproducts of combustion.
Coal tar.
Informal A sailor.
A dark brown or black bituminous usually odorous viscous liquid obtained by destructive distillation of organic material (as wood, coal, or peat).

idiom

Tar and feather To criticize severely and devastatingly; excoriate.
Tar and feather To punish (a person) by covering with tar and feathers.
Tarred with the same brush Having the same faults or bad qualities.

verb-transitive

To coat with or as if with tar.

verb

To cover with tar.
To defile as if with tar.
To urge to action.

geographical name

River 215 (346 ) North Carolina.

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