untarred

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adjective

Not tarred.

“untarred rope”

OriginEnglish tarred ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
UncommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

untarred1

adjectiveuntarred (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot tarred.

    untarred rope

    1 more example

    When the untarred road ended, he turned into a footpath.

    2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 311

untarred2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of untar

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishtarred
  9. Englishuntarred

From un- + tarred.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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