tar — meaning in English

English meaning

• ess noun The name of the letter S.
• tar noun A thick, dark, sticky substance made from coal or wood, used in roofing and road-making.

Senses

tar is used for these senses in English:

• ess Used to form female equivalents.
• tar A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.

ess — full definition

1. noun The name of the letter S.
2. noun Something curved or shaped like the letter S.

tar — full definition

1. noun A thick, dark, sticky substance made from coal or wood, used in roofing and road-making.
2. verb To coat something with tar.
3. noun In computing, a program (and the archive file it creates) used to bundle multiple files together on Unix-based systems.

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