Phrase Hound found 66 phrases and 301 compound words that contain tar. The most common are listed below. Open tar in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 66
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- coal tarA 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 …
- Tar HeelSynonym of North Carolinian: Of or relating to North Carolina, one of the United States.
- tar waterA cold infusion of tar in water, once used as a medicine for chest complaints.
- tar spotA fungal disease affecting various plants and causing dark spots on leaves.
- tar derbyA period in the 1950s when tar content became the focus of cigarette advertising.
- jack-tarAlternative form of jacktar: A sailor; especially, one in the Royal Navy.
- tar with the same brushTo characterize (someone or something) using the same undesirable attribute, especially unjustly.
- tar and featherTo cover (a person) in sticky tar, then cover in feathers which stick to the tar; an archaic means of humiliating a person.
- Tar Heel StateOfficial nickname for North Carolina: a state of the United States.
- Tar-VabrigaA municipality of Croatia.
- black tarEllipsis of black tar heroin.
- pine tarA dark viscous substance obtained from the destructive distillation of pine wood.
- tar babiesplural of tar baby: A difficult, abstract problem that worsens as one attempts to handle it; a sticky situation, especially one where attempts to make it better only make it worse.
- tar paperAlternative spelling of tarpaper: A heavy paper, coated with tar, used to waterproof walls and roofs.
- tar pitAlternative form of tarpit: A lake of asphalt formed when subterranean bitumen leaks to the ground surface. Such pits are important in forming fossil fuel reserves; they are also apt to trap passing animals, which become fossilized in the …
- tar sandoil sand.
- TAR syndromeA rare genetic disorder involving thrombocytopenia with absence of the radius in the forearm and a dramatically reduced platelet count.
- wood tarTar produced by destructive distillation of wood.
- Stockholm tarA high-grade pine tar used as a wood preservative.
- Tar Heelsplural of Tar Heel: Of or relating to North Carolina, one of the United States.
- tar sandsplural of tar sand: oil sand.
- birch tarA substance (liquid when heated) derived from dry distillation of birch bark, and composed of phenols such as guaiacol, cresol, xylenol and creosol.
- tar-blackAs black as tar; (by extension) very black or dark.
Compound words 301
- tarryTo delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
- tarmacTarmacadam.
- tarballA ball of tar or crude oil found on a beach.
- tarpaperA heavy paper, coated with tar, used to waterproof walls and roofs.
- tarfileSynonym of tarball: A ball of tar or crude oil found on a beach.
- tarpitA lake of asphalt formed when subterranean bitumen leaks to the ground surface. Such pits are important in forming fossil fuel reserves; they are also apt to trap passing animals, which become fossilized in the tar.
- jacktarA sailor; especially, one in the Royal Navy.
- tarweedAny of various American flowering plants that have sticky leaves.
- tarboardA kind of tough millboard containing tar, used in making springbacks for books.
- tarpotA pot used for carrying tar.