Tan vs. Tar

Tannoun

A yellowish-brown colour.

Tannoun

A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.

Tannoun

The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.

Tannoun

An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh

Tannoun

, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

Tannoun

(dialectal) A twig or small switch.

Tanadjective

Of a yellowish-brown.

Tanadjective

Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun.

Tanverb

To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.

Tanverb

(transitive) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.

Tanverb

To spank or beat.

Tannumeral

The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.

Tannoun

See Picul.

Tannoun

The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and broken by a mill, for tanning hides; - so called both before and after it has been used. Called also tan bark.

Tannoun

A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.

Tannoun

A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun; as, hands covered with tan.

Tanadjective

Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.

Tanverb

To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water.

Tanverb

To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin.

Tanverb

To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch; as, to tan a disobedient child's hide.

Tanverb

To get or become tanned.

Tannoun

a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

Tannoun

a light brown

Tannoun

ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

Tanverb

treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather

Tanverb

get a tan, from wind or sun

Tanadjective

of a light yellowish-brown color

Tarnoun

(uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.

Tarnoun

Coal tar.

Tarnoun

(uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.

Tarnoun

A sailor, because of their tarpaulin clothes. Also Jack Tar.

Tarnoun

Black tar, a form of heroin.

Tarnoun

(computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix.

Tarnoun

(computing) A file produced by such a program.

Tarnoun

A Persian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus.

Tarnoun

A single-headed round frame drum originating in North Africa and the Middle East.

Tarverb

(transitive) To coat with tar.

Tarverb

(transitive) To besmirch.

Tarverb

To create a tar archive.

Tarnoun

A sailor; a seaman.

Tarnoun

A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it.

Tarverb

To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.

Tarnoun

any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

Tarnoun

a man who serves as a sailor

Tarverb

coat with tar;

Tarnoun

a dark, thick flammable liquid distilled from wood or coal, consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons, resins, alcohols, and other compounds. It is used in road-making and for coating and preserving timber.

Tarnoun

a substance resembling tar, formed by burning tobacco or other material

Tarnoun

a sailor.

Tarverb

cover (something) with tar

Tar

Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from coal, wood, petroleum, or peat.Mineral products resembling tar can be produced from fossil hydrocarbons, such as petroleum.