pine tar

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noun

a very viscid, blackish-brown liquid having an odor resembling that of turpentine, obtained by the destructive distillation of pine wood, used in paints, roofing, soaps, and, medicinally, for skin infections.

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Origin of pine tar

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby pine tar

Pines, pinesap, pine siskin, pine snake, pine straw, pine tar, pine tree shilling, Pine Tree State, pinetum, Pineville, pine warbler

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How to use pine tar in a sentence

The State Department found that with high oil prices, the tar sands would be mined for oil, pipeline or no.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Jan. 4|PunditFact.com|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Pulling oil from the tar sands is costly, even more so when you tack transportation costs on top.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Jan. 4|PunditFact.com|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Therefore, we should—you guessed it—develop the Canadian tar sands and build the Keystone pipeline.
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline|Jay Michaelson|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Loescher repeatedly emphasized that these sites are by no means limited to the La Brea Tar Pits.
The Fiery Underground Oil Pit Eating L.A.|Geoff Manaugh|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Blister rust is like having the flu; the pine beetle is like fast acting leukemia.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While he openeth his hands he shall rejoice: but transgressors shall pine away in the end.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
This is not the first time in history when the lack of a ha'porth of tar has spoilt the ship of State.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
After this it wound along on ridges and in ravines till it reached the heart of a great pine forest, where stood a saw-mill.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
The lone pine on the stone cap of Gander Knob waved its farewell, and we clattered down the long slope into the great world.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
How many imitators of the great manipulator have looked at this growth of pine and wondered where the old master obtained it!
Antonio Stradivari|Horace William Petherick

British Dictionary definitions for pine tar

pine tar

noun

a brown or black semisolid or viscous substance, produced by the destructive distillation of pine wood, used in roofing compositions, paints, medicines, etc

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