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A black, viscous tar made by the destructive distillation of coal (to make coke and town gas); it contains a great number of compounds including hydrocarbons and phenols; used in the preparation of medicinal soap and shampoo, and industrially for the manufacture of many products.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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a tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal; coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pitch, tar
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Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
каменовъглен катран
(kamenovǎglen katran)
— black viscous tar
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Chinese Mandarin:
煤焦油
(méijiāoyóu)
— black viscous tar
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Czech:
uhelný dehet
— black viscous tar
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Finnish:
kivihiiliterva
— black viscous tar
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French:
coaltar
— black viscous tar
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German:
Steinkohlenteer
— black viscous tar
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Irish:
tarra guail
— black viscous tar
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Italian:
catrame
— black viscous tar
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Japanese:
コールタール
(kōru-tāru)
— black viscous tar
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Persian:
قطران زغالسنگ
(qatrân-e zoġâl-sang)
— black viscous tar
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Russian:
каменноу́гольная смола́
(kamennoúgolʹnaja smolá)
— black viscous tar
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Spanish:
alquitrán bituminoso
— black viscous tar
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Spanish:
chapapote hullero
— black viscous tar
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Spanish:
chapopote carbonoso
— black viscous tar
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Ukrainian:
кам'яновугільна смола
(kamʺjanovuhilʹna smola)
— black viscous tar
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Ukrainian:
кам'яновугільний дьоготь
(kamʺjanovuhilʹnyj dʹohotʹ)
— black viscous tar
