tar

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal: Coal tar.
2. 2
   A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal: A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
3. 3
   A sailor, because of the traditional tarpaulin clothes.
4. 4
   Black tar, a form of heroin.
5. 5
   A program for archiving files, common on Unix systems.
6. 6
   A file produced by such a program.
7. 7
   A Persian long-necked, waisted string instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
8. 8
   A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.
9. 9
   Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).

Verb

1. 1
   To coat with tar.
2. 2
   To besmirch.
3. 3
   To create a tar archive.

Proper noun

1. 1
   Initialism of Tibet Autonomous Region, an administrative region of China.
2. 2
   A village in Hungary.