| NOUN | substance | tar, pitch | any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue |
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| person | tar, mariner, seaman, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog | a man who serves as a sailor | |
| VERB | contact | tar | coat with tar |
| Sounds | taa'r | |
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| Rhymes | Adar ... Zanzibar: 81 rhymes with aar... | |
| Meaning | Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue. | |
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| Synonym | pitch | |
| Narrower | coal tar | A tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal |
| Broader | bitumen | Any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons |
| Spanish | alquitrán, brea, pez, tar | |
| Catalan | brea, pega | |
| Verbs | tar | coat with tar |
| Meaning | A man who serves as a sailor. | |
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| Synonyms | mariner, seaman, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog | |
| Narrower | able seaman, able-bodied seaman | A seaman in the merchant marine |
| boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun, bo'sun | A petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen | |
| deckhand, roustabout | A member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor | |
| helmsman, steersman, steerer | The person who steers a ship | |
| lighterman, bargeman, bargee | someone who operates a barge | |
| officer, ship's officer | A person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel | |
| pilot | A person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters going into or out of a harbor | |
| sea lawyer | An argumentative and contentious seaman | |
| whaler | A seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales | |
| Broader | sailor, crewman | Any member of a ship's crew |
| Spanish | Jack, lobo de mar, marinera, marinero, marino, navegante | |
| Catalan | Jack, llop de mar, marí, mariner, navegant | |
| Meaning | coat with tar. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
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| Broader | coat, surface | Put a coat on |
| Spanish | alquitranar, embrear | |
| Catalan | embrear, enquitranar, tar | |
| Nouns | tar | any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue |
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