tartar
part of speech
noun (tartar — uncountable; a Tartar, Tartars)
meaning for a pupil
1) Tartar is a hard yellowish coating that builds up on teeth if they are not cleaned well. tree →
2) Tartar sauce (also tartare) is a creamy sauce with pickles, often eaten with fish. tree →
3) Cream of tartar is a white powder used in baking. tree →
4) (history) A Tartar (more correctly Tatar) is a member of a Turkic people of Russia and Central Asia; Crimean Tatars are a people of Crimea in Ukraine. tree →
5) (old-fashioned) A tartar is a fierce, bad-tempered person. tree →
sense in the lessons
In health lessons tartar comes with brushing, flossing and the dentist; in cooking, fish and chips with tartar sauce; in history and news about Crimea, the Tatars; in old stories, a strict, fierce person.
examples
- The dentist scraped the tartar off my teeth. tree →
- Brushing twice a day helps stop tartar building up. tree →
- I like tartar sauce with my fish fingers. tree →
- Add a pinch of cream of tartar to the egg whites. tree →
- Many Crimean Tatars were forced from their homes long ago. tree →
- The old housekeeper was a real tartar. tree →
- "Get me a surety," says the Tartar. tree →
note
Uncountable for teeth and sauce. For the people, the modern, correct spelling is «Tatar»; «Tartar» is older and seen as less correct. Do not confuse with «tartan» (checked cloth) or «tart».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «tartar» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.