tar
tar [tar tars tarred tarring] noun, verb BrE [tɑː(r)] NAmE [tɑːr]
noun uncountable
1. a thick black sticky liquid that becomes hard when cold. Tar is obtained from coal and is used especially in making roads.
2. a substance similar to tar that is formed by burning ↑tobacco
•low-tar cigarettes
Word Origin:
Old English teru, teoru, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch teer, German Teer, and perhaps ultimately to ↑tree.
Example Bank:
•You should switch to low tar cigarettes.
•the average tar yield of British cigarettes
Idioms: ↑tar and feather somebody ▪ ↑tarred with the same brush
see spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth/ha'penny-worth of tar at ↑spoil v.
verb (-rr-)~ sth
to cover sth with ↑tar
•a tarred road
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English teru, teoru, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch teer, German Teer, and perhaps ultimately to ↑tree.
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