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Word: tar (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • Coal tar.
  • computing A program for archiving files, common on Unix.
  • computing A file produced by such a program.
  • slang|dated A sailor, because of their tarpaulin clothes. Also Jack Tar.
  • uncountable A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
  • uncountable A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.

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Verb:

  • computing To create a tar archive.
  • transitive To coat with tar.

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