NOUN | substance | coal tar | a tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal |
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Meaning | A tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal; coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compounds. | |
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Broader | pitch, tar | Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue |
Substances | naphthalene | A white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs |
Spanish | alquitrán de hulla, alquitrán mineral | |
Catalan | quitrà mineral |
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