guar

¹

[ gwahr ]

noun

1. a plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, of the legume family, grown as a forage crop and for its seeds, which produce a gum guar gum used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in foods and pharmaceuticals and as sizing for paper and cloth.

guar.

²

abbreviation for

1. guaranteed.

guar

/ ɡwɑː /

noun

1. a leguminous Indian plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus , grown as a fodder crop and for the gum obtained from its seeds
2. Also calledguar gum a gum obtained from the seeds of this plant, used as a stabilizer and thickening agent in food (E412) and as sizing for paper

Word History and Origins

Origin of guar¹

First recorded in 1880–85, guar is from the Hindi word guār

Word History and Origins

Origin of guar¹

C19: from Hindi

Example Sentences

The great feature of the Guar is the erection of a stone in memory of the deceased.

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I once came across some hundreds of Saoras performing the Guar Karja.

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The second feast to the dead, also sacrificial, is called the Guar.

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Every one of the stones has been put up at one of these Guar feasts.

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I doubt it will be the fox guar-r-rdin' the chicken frae the weasel.

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