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EthnoBotanical Dictionary. 2013.
Tar gum
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Tar|gum — «TAHR guhm; Hebrew tahr GOOM», noun, plural Tar|gums, Tar|gu|mim«TAHR goo MEEM». any one of various Aramaic translations or paraphrases of almost all sections of the Old Testament. ╂[< Hebrew Targūm < Aramaic, interpretation < targem to… … Useful english dictionary
Tar|gum|is|tic — «TAHR guh MIHS tihk», adjective. of or having to do with a Targumist or the Targumists … Useful english dictionary
Tar|gum|ist — «TAHR guh mihst», noun. a compiler of any of the Targums … Useful english dictionary
tar — ac·e·tar·i·ous; ac·ro·tar·si·al; ac·ro·tar·si·um; acu·ti·plan·tar; al·mu·can·tar; al·pha·be·tar·i·an; al·tar; al·tar·age; al·tar·ist; an·i·mal·i·tar·i·an·ism; an·tiq·ui·tar·i·an; ar·ma·men·tar·i·um; as·tar·te; at·tar; au·tar·chic;… … English syllables
gum — al·gum; be·gum; boo·gum; clag·gum; de·gum; gum; gum·boot·ed; gum·bo·til; gum·by; gum·drop·py; gum·har; gum·lah; gum·less; gum·lie; gum·ma; gum·mif·er·ous; gum·mi·ly; gum·mi·ness; gum·mite; gum·mo·sis; gum·mous; ju·gum; kor·ri·gum; man·gum;… … English syllables
gum — [n] sticky substance adhesive, amber, cement, cohesive substance, exudate, glue, mucilage, paste, pitch, plaster, resin, rosin, tar, wax; concept 466 … New thesaurus
gum — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. resin, glue, pitch, tar, pine tar, cohesive substance, rosin, amber, wax. Commercial gums include: chewing gum, sealing wax, rosin, mucilage, eucalyptus, caoutchouc, crude rubber, chicle, latex, gum arabic, gum acacia, wattle … English dictionary for students
tar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. asphalt, pitch, resin, bitumen; goo, sludge. v. besmirch, stain, blacken, defame; tar and feather. See navigation, covering, punishment. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A viscous liquid] Syn. pitch, mineral… … English dictionary for students
Tar-Baby — ▪ African American folktale sticky tar doll, the central figure in black American folktales popularized in written literature by the American author Joel Chandler Harris (Harris, Joel Chandler). Harris “Tar Baby” (1879), one of the animal tales… … Universalium
tar — n pitch, maltha, bitumen, asphalt, gilsonite, uintaite, uintahite; resin, rosin, colophony, gum, lac … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
