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Definition and meaning of tart
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tart (adj.)
1.harsh or corrosive in tone"an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose" "a barrage of acid comments" "her acrid remarks make her many enemies" "bitter words" "blistering criticism" "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show h..."
2.smelling of fermentation or staleness
3.harsh"sharp criticism" "a sharp-worded exchange" "a tart remark"
4.tasting sour like a lemon
tart (n.)
1.a small tart usually used as a canape
2.a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
3.a small open pie with a fruit filling
4.a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
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Merriam Webster
TartTart (?), a. [AS. teart. √63. Cf. Tear, v. t.]
1. Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple.
2. Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke.
Why art thou tart, my brother? Bunyan.
TartTart, n. [OE. tarte, F. tarte; perhaps originally the same word as tourte, LL. torta, fr. L. tortus, p. p. of torquere to twist, bend, wind, because tarts were originally made of a twisted shape. Cf. Torture, n.] A species of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
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Synonyms
tart (adj.)
acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, astringent, bitter, blistering, caustic, lemonlike, lemony, piquant, pungent, pungently, rancid, sarcastic, sharp, sharp-worded, sick, sour, sourish, sulfurous, sulphurous, tangy, vinegary, virulent, vitriolic
tart (n.)
bawd, bike, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, lady of pleasure, loose woman, pie, prostitute, slapper, slut, sporting lady, tartlet, tramp, whore, woman of the street, working girl, bawdy wench (archaic), harlot (old), hooker (colloquial, U.S.A.), hustler (colloquial, U.S.A.), trollop (colloquial, old)
See also
tart (n.)
↘ meretricious, tartlet ↗ pie
tart (adj.)
↘ acerbity, acetify, acidify, acidulate, acrimoniousness, acrimony, become sour, bitterness, curdle, go sour, jaundice, sour, tartness, thorniness, turn sour
Phrases
⇨ apple tart • custard tart • lobster tart • tart cell • tart o.s. up • tart up
⇨ Bakewell tart • Butter tart • Caramel tart • Charles Tart • Chewy Tart 'n' Tinys • Clos de Tart • Custard tart • Egg tart • Flying Tart • Gypsy tart • Josh Quong Tart • Le Tart Abbey • Lemon tart • Levern Tart • Liverpool Tart • Manchester tart • Mei Quong Tart • Neenish tart • Norman Tart • Pop Tart (album) • Rate tart • Runeberg's tart • TART Trail • Tart 'n' Tinys • Tart (disambiguation) • Tart (film) • Tart Abbey • Tart card • Tart tart • Tart-l'Abbaye • Tart-le-Bas • Tart-le-Haut • The Tart • Treacle tart
Analogical dictionary
tart (adj.)
tart (adj.)
aigre (fr)[Classe]
désagréable (vin) (fr)[DomainRegistre]
tart (adj.)
incisif (esprit ou propos) (fr)[Classe]
tart (n.)
tart[ClasseHyper.]
pastry[Hyper.]
tart, tartlet[Dérivé]
U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland[Domaine]
tart (n.)
flan; tart[ClasseHyper.]
tart (n.)
tart (n.)
tart (v.)
s'habiller plus soigneusement qu'à l'habitude (fr)[Classe]
faire sa toilette (fr)[ClasseParExt.]
se parer avec excès ou ridicule (fr)[Classe]
longtemps (fr)[Caract.]
Wikipedia
Tart
 Blueberry tart |
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| Details | |
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| Main ingredient(s) | Pastry crust (usually shortcrust pastry) |
| Variations | Sweet tarts, savoury tarts |
A tart is a baked dish consisting of a filling over a pastry base with an open top not covered with pastry. The pastry is usually shortcrust pastry; the filling may be sweet or savoury, though modern tarts are usually fruit-based, sometimes with custard. Tartlet refers to a miniature tart.
The categories of 'tart', 'flan', and 'pie' overlap, with no sharp distinctions, though 'pie' is the more common term in the United States.[1]
Early medieval tarts generally had meat fillings, but later ones were often based on fruit and custard.[1]
Tarte Tatin is an upside-down tart, of apples, other fruit, or onions.
Savoury tarts include quiche, a family of savoury tarts with a mostly custard filling; German Zwiebelkuchen 'onion tart', and Swiss cheese tart made from Gruyere.
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Look up tart in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- Bakewell tart
- Butter tart
- Custard tart
- Egg tart
- Gypsy tart
- Manchester tart
- Neenish tart
- Treacle tart
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