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tart
What does tart mean?
tart (adjective): tasting sour like a lemon.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use tart in a sentence?
- Peel, core and quarter two quarts of tart apples. (Tatoeba sentence #10372345 by PublicDomainRecipes, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce tart?
/tɑɹt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does tart come from?
From Middle English tart, from Old English teart (“sharp, rough, severe”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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tasting sour like a lemon
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lasting forever; unending
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of the highest importance
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capable of being foretold
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