Tar
WordNet
noun
(1) A man who serves as a sailor
(2) Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
verb
(3) Coat with tar
"Tar the roof"; "tar the roads"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From teru, teoru, from Germanic *terwo-, probably a derivation of *trewo- ( > English tree), from Indo-European *drew ‘tree’. Cognate with Dutch teer, German Teer, Swedish tjära.
Noun
- A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
- Coal tar.
- A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
- A sailor, because of their tarpaulin clothes. Also Jack Tar.