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catrame — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • pitch noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  • tar noun A thick, dark, sticky substance made from coal or wood, used in roofing and road-making.

Senses

catrame is used for these senses in English:

  • coal tar A black, viscous tar made by the destructive distillation of coal (to make coke and town gas); it contains a great number of compounds including hydrocarbons and phenols; used in the preparation of medicinal soap and shampoo, and industrially for the manufacture of many products.
  • pitch A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil and tar.
  • tar (usually, uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.

pitch — full definition

  1. noun A persuasive presentation intended to sell or promote something.
  2. verb To throw, especially a ball toward a batter.
  3. verb To promote or attempt to sell an idea or product.
  4. noun The playing field used in sports such as football, rugby, or cricket (chiefly British English).
  5. noun How high or low a sound is perceived to be.

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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