dar

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/dɑː(ɹ)/

noun

A fish found in the Severn River; a dart or dace.

Less commonScrabble 4

Meanings

dar1

noundar (plural dars)

plural dars

  1. UKdialectalA fish found in the Severn River; a dart or dace.

    Besides these peculiarities, our river abounds with the usual fresh water fish, such as the roach, dar, flounders, carp, chub, trout, &c.

    1829, A Concise History and Description of the City and Cathedral of Worcester, page 100

dar2

adverbdar (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAfrican-American Vernacular form of there.
noundar (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAfrican-American Vernacular form of there.
pronoun
  1. African-American Vernacular form of there.

DAR3

proper noun
  1. USabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Daughters of the American Revolution.
  2. PhilippinesabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Department of Agrarian Reform.

Dar4

proper noun
  1. abbreviationellipsisinformalEllipsis of Dar es Salaam.

Dar5

proper noun
  1. A feminine name, diminutive of given names such as Daria and Darlene.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Arabicدار
  2. EnglishDar

Ultimately from Arabic دار (dār).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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