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TARTAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("tartar" is a kind of...):
crust; encrustation; incrustation (a hard outer layer that covers something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century
Synonyms:
Mongol Tatar; Tartar; Tatar
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Tartar" is a kind of...):
Mongol; Mongolian (a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman
Synonyms:
dragon; tartar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("tartar" is a kind of...):
disagreeable woman; unpleasant woman (a woman who is an unpleasant person)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A salt used especially in baking powder
Synonyms:
cream of tartar; potassium bitartrate; potassium hydrogen tartrate; tartar
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tartar" is a kind of...):
salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))
Derivation:
tartaric (relating to or derived from or resembling tartar)
