tart

  • 11târţ — interj. v. pârţ. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime …

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  • 12tart — adj *sour, acid, acidulous, dry Analogous words: piquant, *pungent: *sharp, keen: curt, brusque, blunt (see BLUFF): *irritable, snappish, waspish …

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  • 13tart — see pie …

    Modern English usage

  • 14tart — Call a woman a tart and she ll take offence, and rightly so. There are two current meanings for a female tart, both derogatory: 1. a prostitute, or a promiscuous woman 2. an offensive slang term for a girl or woman. But it wasn t always the case …

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  • 15Tart — A tart is a pastry dish, usually sweet, that is a type of pie with an open top not covered with pastry. The Tarte Tatin is a particular kind of upside down tart, of apples, other fruit, or onions.Savoury varieties include German Zwiebelkuchen… …

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  • 16tart — tart1 [ tart ] noun count 1. ) a PIE that has no top and is filled with fruit or something sweet: an apple/lemon tart 2. ) OFFENSIVE an offensive word for a woman who dresses or behaves as if she wants to attract men and have sex a ) INFORMAL an… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17tart — [[t]tɑ͟ː(r)t[/t]] tarts, tarting, tarted 1) N VAR A tart is a shallow pastry case with a filling of food, especially sweet food. ...jam tarts. ...a slice of home made tart. 2) ADJ GRADED If something such as fruit is tart, it has a sharp taste.… …

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  • 18tart — tart1 [ta:t US ta:rt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: tarte;] [Sense: 2 3; Origin: probably partly from sweetheart] 1.) [U and C] a ↑pie without a top on it, containing something sweet apple/treacle/jam etc tart 2.) informal …

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  • 19tart — {{11}}tart (adj.) having a sharp taste, late 14c., perhaps from O.E. teart painful, sharp, severe (in ref. to punishment, pain, suffering), of unknown origin; possibly related to the root of teran to tear. Fig. use, with ref. to words, speech,… …

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  • 20tart — I UK [tɑː(r)t] / US [tɑrt] noun [countable] Word forms tart : singular tart plural tarts 1) a pie that has no top and is filled with vegetables, fruit etc a lemon/onion tart 2) a) offensive an offensive word for a woman who dresses or behaves as… …

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