tar in Italian
tar in Italian is catrame, bitume, marinaio — tar means a thick, dark, sticky substance made from coal or wood, used in roofing and road-making.
tar in Italian
catrame
catrame
(usually, uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
bitume
(usually, uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
marinaio
(slang, dated) A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.
catramare
(transitive) To coat with tar.
bitumare
(transitive) To coat with tar.
calafatare
(transitive) To coat with tar.
incatramare
(transitive) To coat with tar.
What does "tar" mean?
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noun A thick, dark, sticky substance made from coal or wood, used in roofing and road-making.
"Workers spread hot tar over the new road surface."
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verb To coat something with tar.
"They tarred the roof to seal it against leaks."
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noun In computing, a program (and the archive file it creates) used to bundle multiple files together on Unix-based systems.
"He extracted the source code from the tar file."
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tar in a sentence
- Workers spread hot tar over the new road surface.
- The smell of tar drifted from the road works down the street.
- They tarred the roof to seal it against leaks.
- The fishermen tarred the bottom of their wooden boat every spring.
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What is "tar" in Italian?
"tar" in Italian is catrame, bitume, marinaio. tar means: A thick, dark, sticky substance made from coal or wood, used in roofing and road-making.
How do you use "tar" in a sentence?
Example: "Workers spread hot tar over the new road surface." In Italian, "tar" is catrame, bitume, marinaio.
Are there other ways to say "tar" in Italian?
Yes — Italian has 7 translations listed for "tar": catrame, bitume, marinaio, catramare, bitumare, calafatare.
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