Tar

//tɑː//

Synonyms for "tar" (201 found)

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Closest matches (41)

Noun(2 words)
jackblack tar
Proper Noun(1 words)
tibet autonomous region
Verb(1 words)
blackwash

Strong matches (60)

Related words (100)

Related word relations

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13 relation types

More general

6 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

1 entries

at location

1 entries

derived

47 entries

Showing 16 of 47 words.

has context

2 entries

has property

2 entries

is a

5 entries

manner of

1 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

69 entries

Showing 16 of 69 words.

used for

1 entries

Translations

209 translations across 74 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • zift noun (substance)

Arabic

1 entries
  • قَطْرَان noun (substance)

Armenian

2 entries
  • թառ noun (Persian musical instrument)
  • կուպր noun (substance)

Asturian

1 entries
  • alquitrán noun (substance)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • qatran noun (substance)
  • tar noun (Persian musical instrument)

Basque

1 entries
  • mundrun noun (substance)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • гудро́н noun (substance)
  • дзёгаць noun (substance)
  • смала́ noun (substance)
  • смала́ noun (coal tar)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • катра́н noun (substance)
  • смола́ noun (coal tar)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ကတ္တရာစေး noun (substance)
  • ကတ္တရာစေး noun (coal tar)

Catalan

4 entries
  • quitrà noun (substance)
  • quitrà noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)
  • quitrà de carbó noun (coal tar)
  • enquitranar verb (to coat with tar)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • تار noun (Persian musical instrument)
  • قەتران noun (substance)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 焦油 noun (substance)
  • 焦油 noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)

Czech

3 entries
  • dehet noun (substance)
  • dehet noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)
  • uhelný dehet noun (coal tar)

Danish

2 entries
  • tjære noun (substance)
  • tjære verb (to coat with tar)

Dutch

3 entries
  • koolteer noun (coal tar)
  • teer noun (substance)
  • teer noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • gudro noun (substance)
  • gudro noun (coal tar)
  • gudro noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)
  • gudri verb (to coat with tar)

Estonian

3 entries
  • tõrv noun (substance)
  • tõrv noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)
  • tõrvama verb (to coat with tar)

Faroese

1 entries
  • tjøra noun (substance)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kivihiiliterva noun (coal tar)
  • pikipöksy noun (sailor)
  • tar noun (Persian musical instrument)
  • terva noun (substance)

French

2 entries
  • goudron noun (substance)
  • goudron noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)

Galician

4 entries
  • alcatrén noun (substance)
  • alcatrón noun (substance)
  • brea noun (substance)
  • breu noun (substance)

Georgian

2 entries
  • თარი noun (Persian musical instrument)
  • კუპრი noun (substance)

German

4 entries
  • Teer noun (substance)
  • Teer noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)
  • Teerjacke noun (sailor)
  • teeren verb (to coat with tar)

Greek

4 entries
  • κατράμι noun (substance)
  • πίσσα noun (substance)
  • πίσσα noun (coal tar)
  • πίσσα noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • זֶפֶת noun (substance)
  • זִפֵּת verb (to coat with tar)

Hindi

1 entries
  • तारकोल noun (substance)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • kátrány noun (substance)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • sjóari noun (sailor)
  • sjómaður noun (sailor)
  • tar-skrá noun (a file produced by an archiving program)
  • tjara noun (substance)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • terva noun (substance)
  • tervata verb (to coat with tar)

Irish

3 entries
  • tarra noun (substance)
  • tarra a chur ar verb (to coat with tar)
  • tarráil verb (to coat with tar)

Italian

4 entries
  • bitume noun (substance)
  • catrame noun (substance)
  • catrame noun (coal tar)
  • catrame noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)

Japanese

3 entries
  • タール noun (substance)
  • 乾留液 noun (substance)
  • 脂 noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • гудрон noun (substance)
  • қарамай noun (substance)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ចុង noun (substance)
  • ជ័រទឹក noun (coal tar)

Korean

2 entries
  • 수지 noun (substance)
  • 타르 noun (substance)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • гудрон noun (substance)
  • дёготь noun (substance)
  • карамай noun (substance)

Lao

1 entries
  • ນ້ຳມັນດິນ noun (substance)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • daguts noun (substance)

Latin

1 entries
  • pix noun (coal tar)

Latvian

1 entries
  • darva noun (substance)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • degùtas noun (substance)
  • dervà noun (substance)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • катран noun (substance)
  • катран noun (coal tar)
  • катран noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)
  • тар noun (Persian musical instrument)

Māori

3 entries
  • tā noun (substance)
  • tā noun (coal tar)
  • tā noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • qetran noun (substance)
  • qîr noun (substance)
  • tar noun (Persian musical instrument)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • darvi noun (substance)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • tjære noun (substance)
  • tjære noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • tjære noun (substance)
  • tjære noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)
  • tjøre noun (substance)
  • tjøre noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • bigiw noun (substance)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • زفت noun (substance)
  • قطران noun (substance)
  • زفتلمك verb (to coat with tar)
  • قطرانلامق verb (to coat with tar)

Pashto

2 entries
  • تارکول noun (substance)
  • قطران noun (substance)

Persian

4 entries
  • تار noun (Persian musical instrument)
  • قطران noun (substance)
  • قطران noun (coal tar)
  • کتران noun (substance)

Polish

4 entries
  • dziegieć noun (substance)
  • smoła noun (substance)
  • smoła noun (coal tar)
  • smoła noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • alcatrão noun (substance)
  • alcatrão noun (coal tar)
  • alcatrão noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)
  • marujo noun (sailor)

Romanian

1 entries
  • gudron noun (substance)

Russian

4 entries
  • гудро́н noun (substance)
  • дёготь noun (substance)
  • каменноу́гольная смола́ noun (coal tar)
  • смола́ noun (substance)

Sango

1 entries
  • godoröo noun (substance)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • bìth noun (substance)
  • bìth noun (coal tar)
  • teàrr noun (substance)
  • teàrr noun (coal tar)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kàtran noun (substance)
  • mornar noun (sailor)
  • ка̀тран noun (substance)
  • морнар noun (sailor)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • bitumi noun (substance)
  • catramu noun (substance)

Slovak

2 entries
  • decht noun (substance)
  • smola noun (coal tar)

Slovene

1 entries
  • katran noun (substance)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • тӧгӧт noun (substance)

Spanish

4 entries
  • alquitrán noun (substance)
  • alquitrán noun (coal tar)
  • alquitrán noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)
  • alquitrán carbonoso noun (coal tar)

Swedish

4 entries
  • beckbyxa noun (sailor)
  • tjära noun (substance)
  • tjära noun (coal tar)
  • tjära noun (byproduct of tobacco smoke)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • alkitran noun (substance)
  • ayangaw noun (substance)

Tajik

3 entries
  • гудрон noun (substance)
  • тор noun (Persian musical instrument)
  • қатрон noun (substance)

Thai

1 entries
  • น้ำมันดิน noun (substance)

Turkish

3 entries
  • katran noun (substance)
  • tar noun (Persian musical instrument)
  • katranlamak verb (to coat with tar)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • garaýag noun (substance)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • гудро́н noun (substance)
  • дьо́готь noun (substance)
  • смола́ noun (substance)
  • смола́ noun (coal tar)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • gudron noun (substance)
  • qatron noun (substance)
  • tor noun (Persian musical instrument)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • hắc ín noun (substance)

Welsh

2 entries
  • dyn môr noun (sailor)
  • tar noun (substance)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פּעך noun (substance)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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The tar won't come off. I'm going to have to take this skirt to the dry cleaner.

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The Japanese Parliament today officially elected Ryūtarō Hashimoto as the country's 52nd prime minister.

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The components obtained by distillation of coal tar are as shown below.

Source: tatoeba (329072)

About how much does it cost to have a dentist remove cigarette tar from your teeth?

Source: tatoeba (329698)

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