tartar

Definition of Tartar in English :

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Noun

1. cream of tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate, tartar

a salt used especially in baking powder

2. dragon, tartar

a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

dragon

3. mongol tatar, tartar, tatar

a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century

4. calculus, tartar, tophus

an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tartar

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noun

1. dentistry

a hard crusty deposit on the teeth, consisting of food, cellular debris, and mineral salts

2. Also called: argol

a brownish-red substance consisting mainly of potassium hydrogen tartrate, present in grape juice and deposited during the fermentation of wine

noun

(sometimes capital)

a fearsome or formidable person

noun, adjective

a variant spelling of Tatar

Tartar

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noun

1.

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2. [usually t-]

an irritable, violent, intractable person

adjective

3.

Tatar

noun

1.

cream of tartar, esp. the crude form present in grape juice and forming a reddish or whitish, crustlike deposit (argol) in wine casks

2.

a hard deposit on the teeth, consisting of saliva proteins, food deposits, various salts, as calcium phosphate, etc.; dental calculus

Tartar

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n.

See Tatar.

n.

1. Dentistry A hard yellowish deposit on the teeth, consisting of organic secretions and food particles deposited in various salts, such as calcium carbonate. Also called calculus.

2. A reddish acid compound, chiefly potassium bitartrate, found in the juice of grapes and deposited on the sides of casks during winemaking.

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