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.
Black tar, a form of heroin.
A program for archiving files, common on Unix.
A file produced by such a program.
A Persian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
To coat with tar.
To besmirch.
To create a tar archive.
Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.
Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil.