Tar vs Kerite - What's the difference?
tar | kerite |
(uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
Coal tar.
(uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
(slang, dated) A sailor, because of their tarpaulin clothes. Also Jack Tar.
black tar, a form of heroin
To coat with tar.
To besmirch.
(computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix.
(computing) A file produced by such a program.
(computing) To create a tar archive.
(musical instruments) a Persian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus
A compound in which tar or asphalt combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; formerly used as an insulating material in telegraphy.
(Webster 1913)
As a proper noun tar
is a village in hungary.As a noun kerite is
a compound in which tar or asphalt combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; formerly used as an insulating material in telegraphy.tar
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at tree.Noun
(en noun)- (Jonathan Swift)
Derived terms
* coal tar * mineral tar * tar board * Tar Heel * tar water * tarmacadam, tarmac * tarpaulin * wood tarVerb
- Although he was found innocent, the allegations had tarred his name.