wood tar

noun

Tar produced by destructive distillation of wood.

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Meanings

nounwood tar (countable and uncountable, plural wood tars)

plural wood tars · alternative woodtar · alternative wood-tar

  1. countableuncountableTar produced by destructive distillation of wood.

Origin

From wood + tar.

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APA

wood tar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wood%20tar

MLA

“wood tar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wood%20tar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wood tar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wood%20tar.

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