tartar
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate — a source of cream of tartar.
- A hard yellow deposit on the teeth, formed from dental plaque.
- A fearsome or angrily violent person.
- Alternative spelling of Tatar.
- A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus.
- A person of a keen, irritable temper.
- A rough or violent event.
Adjective
- Of or relating to the people or culture of Tartars.
Proper noun
- One of the tributary rivers of the Kura, flowing through Artsakh and Azerbaijan.
- A town in Azerbaijan located on this river.
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