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PINE TAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pine tar mean?
• PINE TAR (noun)
The noun PINE TAR has 1 sense:
1. a dark viscous substance obtained from the destructive distillation of pine wood
Familiarity information: PINE TAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dark viscous substance obtained from the destructive distillation of pine wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("pine tar" is a kind of...):
wood tar (any tar obtained by the destructive distillation of wood)
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