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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
noun
catrame
noun
(usually, uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
bitume
noun
(usually, uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
marinaio
noun
(slang, dated) A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.
catramare
verb
(transitive) To coat with tar.
bitumare
verb
(transitive) To coat with tar.
calafatare
verb
(transitive) To coat with tar.
incatramare
verb
(transitive) To coat with tar.

What does "tar" mean?

  1. 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."
  2. verb To coat something with tar.
    "They tarred the roof to seal it against leaks."
  3. 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."

tar in a sentence

  • Workers spread hot tar over the new road surface.
  • They tarred the roof to seal it against leaks.
  • He extracted the source code from the tar file.

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Frequently asked questions

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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