acar

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noun

A vegetable pickle of Maritime Southeast Asia, a local version of the Indian achar.

OriginIndonesian acar →
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Meanings

nounacar (countable and uncountable, plural acars)

plural acars

  1. countableuncountableA vegetable pickle of Maritime Southeast Asia, a local version of the Indian achar.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
acetylcarnitine

Origin

  1. Indonesianacar
  2. Englishacar

From Malay/Indonesian acar. Doublet of achar, atchara, and atsara.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

acar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acar

MLA

“acar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acar.

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