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Word entry · 3 letters

tar

Best crossword clue

"Black road material"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /tɑː/Part of speech verb, nounSorted artStarts with TEnds with R6 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2A3R

Definitions

  1. Thick black substance used on roads and roofs.

Word origin

From Middle English ter, terr, tarr, from Old English teoru, from Proto-West Germanic *teru, from Proto-Germanic *terwą, from Proto-Indo-European *derwo-, from *dóru (“tree”).

Used in a sentence

  • Shines in all climates like a star; In senates bold, and fierce in war; A land commander, and a tar.
  • a ruminating tar was[…]adorning [the wooden settle] with his jack-knife,[…]trying his hand at a ship under full sail.
  • If there's one man that I admire, that man's a British tar.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues

01Black road material3 letters
02Black paving goo3 letters
03Road-paving material3 letters
04Sticky road material3 letters
05Sailor, old term3 letters
06Black road sealant3 letters

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