tar
- Noun. (uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
- Noun. Coal tar.
- Noun. (uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
- Noun. (slang, dated) A sailor, because of their tarpaulin clothes. Also Jack Tar.
- Verb. (transitive) To coat with tar.
- Noun. (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix.
- Noun. (computing) A file produced by such a program.
- Verb. (computing) To create a tar archive.
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