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acar

acar noun: a vegetable pickle of Maritime Southeast Asia, a local version of the Indian achar.

Noun

acar (countable and uncountable, plural acars)

  1. A vegetable pickle of Maritime Southeast Asia, a local version of the Indian achar.

Forms of acar

pluralacars

Origin of acar

From Malay/Indonesian acar. Doublet of achar, atchara, and atsara.

Questions about acar

What does acar mean?
Acar means a vegetable pickle of Maritime Southeast Asia, a local version of the Indian achar.
What part of speech is acar?
Acar is a noun.
What is the plural of acar?
The plural of acar is acars.

Words near acar in the dictionary

  1. Acapulco
  2. Acapulco gold
  3. acapulcoite
  4. acapulcoites
  5. acapus
  6. acar
  7. acar-
  8. acara
  9. acaralogic
  10. acaralogical
  11. acaralogy

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