Phrase Hound found 20 phrases and 21 compound words that contain tartar. The most common are listed below. Open tartar in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 20
- cream of tartarPotassium hydrogen tartrate (also called potassium bitartrate), a byproduct of wine manufacture, used in baking powder and in cooking to stabilize beaten egg whites.
- tartar sauceAlternative spelling of tartare sauce: A sauce made from mayonnaise and a chopped mixture of pickled gherkins, capers, olives and shallots; traditionally served with fish or other seafood.
- tartar emeticA poisonous salt, potassium antimonyl tartrate, used as an expectorant.
- oil of tartarA concentrated solution of potassium carbonate.
- cream of tartar treeThe baobab tree (Adansonia digitata).
- tartar saucesplural of tartar sauce: A sauce made from mayonnaise and a chopped mixture of pickled gherkins, capers, olives and shallots; traditionally served with fish or other seafood.
- catching a Tartarpresent participle and gerund of catch a Tartar
- caught a Tartarsimple past and past participle of catch a Tartar
- get someone for a TartarSynonym of catch a Tartar (“to discover that someone is stronger than expected”).
- gets someone for a Tartarthird-person singular simple present indicative of get someone for a Tartar: Synonym of catch a Tartar (“to discover that someone is stronger than expected”).
- getting someone for a Tartarpresent participle and gerund of get someone for a Tartar
- got someone for a Tartarsimple past and past participle of get someone for a Tartar
- gotten someone for a Tartarpast participle of get someone for a Tartar: Synonym of catch a Tartar (“to discover that someone is stronger than expected”).
- cream of tartar breadA type of bread leavened by the chemical reaction between an alkaline carbonate or bicarbonate and cream of tartar, rather than by yeast.
- cream of tartar treesplural of cream of tartar tree: The baobab tree (Adansonia digitata).
- salt of tartarPotassium carbonate.
- catch a TartarTo discover someone is much stronger, much more dangerous, or much more violent than they appeared at first, especially after laying hands on them
- catches a Tartarthird-person singular simple present indicative of catch a Tartar: To discover someone is much stronger, much more dangerous, or much more violent than they appeared at first, especially after laying hands on them
- Fish-skin TartarA member of the Nanai people.
- oil of tartar per deliquiumpotassium carbonate dissolved in the water which its extracts from the air.
Compound words 21
- tartaricContaining tartrates
- tartareousConsisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar.
- TartarianA Tartar.
- tartarizeTo impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar.
- tartarlikeResembling or characteristic of tartar.
- TartaresqueReminiscent of the Tartars.
- tartariseAlternative form of tartarize: To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar.
- TartarishOf or relating to the Tartars.
- tartarizationTreatment with tartar emetic, especially as a treatment for syphilis.
- tartaroborateany double salt of tartrate and borate