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pitch-tar

pitch-tar noun: a thick liquid or pitch-like form of tar.

Noun

pitch-tar (uncountable)

  1. A thick liquid or pitch-like form of tar.
    • The man knew very well it was the goblin who had his hand in this, and one evening when he went to the mill, he took a big pot full of pitch-tar with him and put it on the fire.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 156

Questions about pitch-tar

What does pitch-tar mean?
Pitch-tar means a thick liquid or pitch-like form of tar.
What part of speech is pitch-tar?
Pitch-tar is a noun.

Words near pitch-tar in the dictionary

  1. pitch-penny
  2. pitch-perfect
  3. pitch-perfection
  4. pitch-perfectly
  5. pitch-pot
  6. pitch-tar
  7. pitcha
  8. pitchable
  9. pitchah
  10. pitchback
  11. pitchbacks

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