Definitions for tartars

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tartars tar·tar

Spelling: [tahr-ter]

IPA: /ˈtɑr tər/

Tartars is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in tartars (aarrstt).

Definitions for tartars

noun

1. Dentistry. calculus (def 3).
2. the deposit from wines, potassium bitartrate.
3. the intermediate product of cream of tartar, obtained from the crude form, argol.
4. a member of any of the various tribes, chiefly Mongolian and Turkish, who, originally under the leadership of Genghis Khan, overran Asia and much of eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.
5. a member of the descendants of this people variously intermingled with other peoples and tribes, now inhabiting parts of the European and W and central Asian Russian Federation.
6. Tatar (defs 1–3).
7. (often lowercase) a savage, intractable person.
8. (often lowercase) an ill-tempered person.
9. Tartarus.

Idioms

1. catch a Tartar, to deal with someone or something that proves unexpectedly troublesome or powerful. Also, catch a tartar.

adjective

1. of or relating to a Tartar or Tartars; Tartarian.
2. Tatar (def 5).

Origin of tartars

1350-1400; Middle English Medieval Latin tartarum Late Greek tártaron; replacing Middle English tartre Middle French Medieval Latin, as above

Examples for tartars

Try adding a pinch of cream of tartar to the whites for a similar effect.

Dissolve the sugar, water and cream of tartar in a saucepan over a low heat.

Dissolve a pound of alum, and as much cream of tartar, in a quart of boiling water, and add two full gallons of cold water to it.

No, her daughter ran away and crossed the sea with a tartar.

In this tartar fashion she was to have been carried off to the north of Spain.

To assemble taco place escabeche, fish and tartar sauce in a tortilla and garnish with cilantro and lime.

For tartar sauce combine diced onions and jalapenos with mayo and mix well.

"It is really like a tartar journey," said the terrified Hankes.

Every unbroken colt is like a ticket in a lottery; it may be easy, or it may be a tartar.

You know, I think it wrong to kill a bird, or worm, or even a tartar.