| 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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