tart
part of speech
noun (a tart, tarts); adjective (tart, tarter, tartest); verb (tart up — informal, UK)
meaning for a pupil
1) A tart is an open pie made of pastry with a sweet or savoury filling, like jam or fruit. tree →
2) (adjective) Tart means sour or sharp in taste, like a lemon or a green apple. tree →
3) (adjective) A tart reply is short and unkind. tree →
4) (informal, UK) To tart something up is to decorate it or make it look nicer quickly. tree →
5) (rude, offensive) Tart is an insulting word for a woman; do not use it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In cooking and everyday life: jam tarts, apple tarts, Bakewell tart. In fractions lessons a tart may be cut into equal pieces. In stories a «tart answer» shows irritation. Phrases: «jam tart», «tart up».
examples
- We made jam tarts in cooking club. tree →
- The apple tart was cut into eight equal slices. tree →
- These green apples taste a bit tart. tree →
- Lemon juice gives the sauce a tart flavour. tree →
- «I'm busy,» she said in a tart voice. tree →
- They tarted up the old shop with fresh paint. tree →
- The baker sold 24 tarts and had 6 left. tree →
- In places the air was darkened by showers of lobster-patties, white puddings, sausages, tarts, and all sorts of sweetmeats, or with pieces of gold and silver, diamonds and pearls. tree →
note
Countable noun: one tart, two tarts. The rude meaning is offensive; never call a person a tart. «Tart» (sour) is similar to «sharp» or «sour». In maths: if a tart is cut into 8 equal slices, each slice is one eighth.
In the corpora
- In the middle is a dish of tarts that look so good that Alice wishes they'd hurry up and hand round the refreshments.
- The King asks what she knows about the tarts.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «tart» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.