Canadian French Meaning of tartar

tartre

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Definitions and Meaning of tartar in English

Wordnet

tartar (n)

a salt used especially in baking powder

a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century

an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums

Webster

tartar (n.)

A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone, etc.

A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.

A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; -- written also, more correctly but less usually, Tatar.

A person of a keen, irritable temper.

See Tartarus.

Webster

tartar (a.)

Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.

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tartre

a salt used especially in baking powder, a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman, a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13

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tartan => tartan, tart up => maquiller, tart => Tarte, tarsus => Tarso, tarsotomy => tarsotomie,