wood tar

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [woo d tahr]
- /wʊd tɑr/
- /wʊd tɑː(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [woo d tahr]
- /wʊd tɑr/

Definitions of wood tar words

noun wood tar a dark viscid product obtained from wood by distillation or by slow burning without flame, used in its natural state to preserve timber, rope, etc., or subjected to further distillation to yield creosote, oils, and a final residuum, wood pitch. 1
noun wood tar any tar produced by the destructive distillation of wood: used in producing tarred cord and rope and formerly in medicine as disinfectants and antiseptics 0
noun wood tar a dark, sticky, syruplike substance obtained by destructive distillation of wood and used in the preservation of timber, rope, etc. 0

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Origin of wood tar

First appearance:

before 1855

One of the 30% newest English words

First recorded in 1855-60

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Parts of speech for Wood tar

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wood tar popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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