tar

US /tɑ:r/

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UK /tɑ:(r)/

n. (u.)Uncountable NounBlack oily substance used to make roads

Do not touch tar on the road when it is hot

v.t.Transitive VerbTo cover or treat with a hot thick black liquid

After they tar the road it will be easier to drive on

n. (u.)Uncountable NounSticky substance formed in the lungs from smoking

You take in tar whenever you smoke

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this is the Tar Sands. And this is the Montney Play, Canada’s largest carbon bomb
this is the Tar Sands. And this is the Montney Play, Canada’s largest carbon bomb

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This smoke consists of partially burned particles which creates tar in your body, has cancer causing effects, blackens teeth and destroys taste buds.
This smoke consists of partially burned particles which creates tar in your body, has cancer causing effects, blackens teeth and destroys taste buds.

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The remaining 5% are particles called tar and they contain the magic sauce: carbon or nitrogen compounds filled with nicotine.
The remaining 5% are particles called tar and they contain the magic sauce: carbon or nitrogen compounds filled with nicotine.
Tar particles land in the mucus and turn into a sticky brown substance that stops the dance and paralyses the cilia – allowing them to get deeper into your lungs to the alveoli.
Tar particles land in the mucus and turn into a sticky brown substance that stops the dance and paralyses the cilia – allowing them to get deeper into your lungs to the alveoli.

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Viscous as tar, vibrant as flame, the cypress links them like a bridge.
Viscous as tar, vibrant as flame, the cypress links them like a bridge.

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Coal tar and oil are turned into industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals that
Coal tar and oil are turned into industrial chemicals and pharmaceuticals that

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General Khalifa Haftar (Ca-LEE-fa HAFF-tar). They mostly operate outside of governmental
General Khalifa Haftar (Ca-LEE-fa HAFF-tar). They mostly operate outside of governmental