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tart
1[ tahrt ]
adjective
- sharp to the taste; sour or acid:
Tart apples are best for pie.
Synonyms: piquant, acrid, astringent
a tart remark.
Synonyms: acrimonious, acerbic, caustic, barbed, sarcastic
tart
2[ tahrt ]
noun
- a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- a covered pie containing fruit or the like.
- Slang. a prostitute or sexually promiscuous woman.
verb phrase
- Slang. to adorn, dress, or decorate, especially in a flamboyant manner:
The old restaurant was tarted up to look like a Viennese café.
tart
1/ tɑːt /
noun
- a pastry case often having no top crust, with a sweet or savoury filling
tart
2/ tɑːt /
noun
- informal.a promiscuous woman, esp a prostitute: often a term of abuse See also tart up
tart
3/ tɑːt /
adjective
- (of a flavour, food, etc) sour, acid, or astringent
- cutting, sharp, or caustic
a tart remark
Derived Forms
- ˈtarty, adjective
- ˈtartishly, adverb
- ˈtartly, adverb
- ˈtartish, adjective
- ˈtartness, noun
Other Words From
- tartish adjective
- tartish·ly adverb
- tartly adverb
- tartness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of tart1
Origin of tart2
Word History and Origins
Origin of tart1
Origin of tart2
Origin of tart3
Example Sentences
Dessert is a slice of melt-in-your-mouth treacle tart with a dollop of perfectly tart clotted cream.
She is routinely dismissed by Madrid wits as “a Danish tart.”
It was a candy-colored teen comedy that cut the usual sugar-sweetness with tart dialogue and sharp writing.
In schnaps, however, Subirer aromas are transformed into those of a caramelized pear tart, buttery, baked, and entirely pleasant.
They taste of red and black berries, currants, cranberries, strawberries, mulberries and cherries, tart and sweet.
Well, for once Mrs. Robin almost said something tart to the old gentleman.
After this, knobs of cheese are handed round on a plate, and there is a talk of a tart somewhere at some end of the table.
Next a great dish of roasted fowl, cost me about 30s., and a tart, and then fruit and cheese.
The peach tart was a form of pie with golden-looking sauce peeping up between crisscross strips of rich puff paste.
When Sweep learned that, his kindly heart was touched; he gave Little Sweep the whole plum cake and kept but one tart for himself.
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