tartar
noun
- cream of tartar, esp. the crude form present in grape juice and forming a reddish or whitish, crustlike deposit (argol) in wine casks
- a hard deposit on the teeth, consisting of saliva proteins, food deposits, various salts, as calcium phosphate, etc.; dental calculus
noun
- Tatar
- an irritable, violent, intractable person
See tartar in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(tärˈtər)
noun- 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.
- A reddish acid compound, chiefly potassium bitartrate, found in the juice of grapes and deposited on the sides of casks during winemaking.
(tärˈtər)
noun- also Ta·tar (täˈtər) A member of any of the Turkic and Mongolian peoples of central Asia who invaded western Asia and eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.
- Variant of Tatar.
- often tartar A person regarded as ferocious or violent.
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