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tart
1[ tahrt ]
tart
2[ tahrt ]
noun
- a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- a covered pie containing fruit or the like.
- Slang. a prostitute or sexually promiscuous woman.
verb phrase
- Slang. to adorn, dress, or decorate, especially in a flamboyant manner:
The old restaurant was tarted up to look like a Viennese café.
tart
1/ ɑː /
noun
- a pastry case often having no top crust, with a sweet or savoury filling
tart
2/ ɑː /
adjective
- (of a flavour, food, etc) sour, acid, or astringent
- cutting, sharp, or caustic
a tart remark
tart
3/ ɑː /
noun
- informal.a promiscuous woman, esp a prostitute: often a term of abuse See also tart up
Derived Forms
- ˈٲپ, adverb
- ˈٲٱ, adverb
- ˈٲپ, adjective
- ˈٲٲԱ, noun
- ˈٲٲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٲi adjective
- ٲi·ly adverb
- ٲl adverb
- ٲn noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tart1
Origin of tart2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tart1
Origin of tart2
Origin of tart3
Example Sentences
It also works well in pies, tarts and even cakes.
Many public artworks in Dublin are popularly referred to by rhyming nicknames and for years, the Molly Malone statue was known as "the tart with the cart".
The berries were deliciously juicy and just the perfect balance of sweet to tart.
Taste-wise, it is to summer produce what caramel is to sugar, where time and heat condense its essence into a tart, molasses-like chew.
To mark her 40 years of service, staff presented her with a freshly baked large Manchester tart - once a traditional school dinner dessert on the menu.
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