noun, verb
noun [U]
1 a thick black sticky liquid that becomes hard when cold. Tar is obtained from coal and is used especially in making roads.
2 a substance similar to tar that is formed by burning tobacco:
low-tar cigarettes
verb (-rr-) [VN] to cover sth with tar:
a tarred road / roof
IDIOMS
tar and feather sb to put tar on sb then cover them with feathers, as a punishment
be tarred with the same brush (as sb) to be thought to have the same faults, etc. as sb else
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for tar is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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