Word Finder - tar

definition

(usually uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.

definition

Coal tar.

definition

A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.

definition

A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.

synonyms

• Jack Tar

definition

Black tar, a form of heroin.

definition

To coat with tar.

definition

To besmirch.

example

The allegations tarred his name, even though he was found innocent.

The frozen sea beneath her feet was the color of tar, the black clouds above paused mid-swirl around a pop of blue sky in the storm's center.

Rictiovarus in disgust cast himself into the fire, or the caldron of boiling tar, from which they had emerged refreshed.

It is compressed using UNIX TAR archiving and Gzip compression.

Q. Do you still use hot bitumen (tar )?

By now the heat of the day was starting to burn the tar on the roads.

Owing to the pine forests pitch and tar were important manufactures in early times.

The solubility of naphthalene by various oils has led some engineers to put in naphthalene washers, in which gas is brought into contact with a heavy tar oil or certain fractions distilled from it, the latter being previously mixed with some volatile hydrocarbon to replace in the gas those illuminating vapours which the oil dissolves out; and by fractional distillation of the washing oil the naphthalene and volatile hydrocarbons are afterwards recovered.

Doll's own pet theory had been tar on the roads, as tar is a known carcinogen.

On sycamore leaves, it forms ' tar ' spot lesions, the number or diameter of which can be compared at different sites.

The next morning there was a large hole in the road as the heat from the bonfire had melted the tar !

There 's been a move toward low tar cigarettes.

Inn 54 (B) " Along with the St Andrew's Hospital crockery a number of bottles containing coal tar were also excavated.

Three petroleum pitches and three coal tar pitches were prepared from Ashland A240 and a soft coal tar pitches were prepared from Ashland A240 and a soft coal tar pitch, respectively.

Coal tar dyestuffs Between 1820 and 1850 a great deal of research went on into the chemistry of coal tar dyestuffs Between 1820 and 1850 a great deal of research went on into the chemistry of coal tar.

This shows a familiarity with coal tar distillation that was probably acquired by practical experience within the GLCC.

Bitumen Also called asphalt or tar, bitumen is the brown or black viscous residue from the vacuum distillation of crude petroleum.

Coal tar dyestuffs Between 1820 and 1850 a great deal of research went on into the chemistry of coal tar.

Grieve mentions that the antiseptic tar has been used internally as a stimulating expectorant in chronic bronchitis.

Were the Tory leader to change track now, Labor's " flip flop " charge would stick to him like feathers on tar.

Installing UNiBACK from a file When you download the demo, it will be in compressed tar format.

These are not the only tar lichens present on the shore and they are difficult to distinguish from each other.

The pavements are just cobbles, and tar macadam on the road was unknown.

Also, little polymerization of resins has occurred, so aromas and tastes are often less resinous and tar like than at later stages.

The reserves in the Alberta tar sands are quoted at 180 billion barrels, bigger than that of every OPEC country except Saudi Arabia.

Inside the cage were their feathers heaped like a black slag of tar.

The most exciting thing was Sid demanding coal tar soap, nothing flowery scented that Kathy might get suspicious at.

Tartrazine, a dye made from coal tar, is also found in products such as fruit squash and sauces.

The next morning there was a large hole in the road as the heat from the bonfire had melted the tar!

By now the heat of the day was starting to burn the tarting to burn the tar on the roads.

With water the fortunes are reversed the toffee beats the tar.

In 1817, the GLCC decided to process all its crude tar itself, instead of selling it.

There are historical records referring to the use of birch bark tar to relieve sore throats.

Stretch'd along the deck like logs - Bear a hand, you jolly tar, you!

Many of these stains were coal tar dyes developed in a dazzling array for the textile industry.

Low tar cigarettes (defined as those yielding less than 10 mg tar) began to take an increasing market share.

In the 19th century, fishermen still caulked (filled the gaps in) their boats with a mixture of pine tar and moss.

Another suggestion is that herbs or roots used to relieve toothache were pressed into tooth cavities using a piece of tar.

Pools of tar, like puddles of black sticky treacle had erupted on the roads in the City.

These had also been bedded down on white lead and thick tar or pitch to keep the area watertight with cork filling all voids.

Estimation of sales-weighted average tar and nicotine yields using the GHS as the source for brand market share.

Zinc and Coal Tar Paste BP containing zinc oxide 6% and coal tar 6% .

The trade is chiefly confined to the shipping of grain, fish, coal, malt and timber, with some cattle and wool, and to the import of coal and tar, but of late years it has declined, despite excellent wharf accommodation and a considerable depth of water (12-15 ft.).

Tully and now in use at Truro, in which tar is injected into the incandescent fuel in a water-gas generator and enriches the water gas with methane and other hydrocarbons, the resulting pitch and carbon being filtered off by the column of coke through which the gas passes.

The hydrocarbon occurs in wood-tar and in petroleum, and is prepared commercially by fractional distillation of the light oil fraction of the coal-tar distillate (see Coal Tar).

The pavements are cobbles, and tar macadam on the road was unknown.

In the same era that spawned the Newark tar barrel incident equally rowdy goings on could be found in the villages around the town.

Create a subdirectory to hold the source files once they are unpacked using tar.

Avoid rough or unsealed hard floors such as concrete or tar macadam as this could damage the brush bar.

An increased risk of skin cancer in psoriatic patients treated with a combination of coal tar and UVB radiation has been reported.

Zinc and Coal Tar Paste BP containing zinc oxide 6% and coal tar 6 %.