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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

tart¹ / tärt/ • n. an open pastry case containing a filling. DERIVATIVES: tart·let / -lit/ n. tart² • n. inf., derog. a prostitute or a promiscuous woman. • v. [tr.] (tart oneself up) inf., chiefly Brit. dress or make oneself up in order to look attractive or eye-catching. ∎ (tart something up) decorate or improve the appearance of something: the page layouts have been tarted up with cartoons. tart³ • adj. sharp or acid in taste: a tart apple. ∎ (of a remark or tone of voice) cutting, bitter, or sarcastic: I bit back a tart reply. DERIVATIVES: tart·ly adv. tart·ness n.

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tart

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

tart2 †painful OE.; sharp to the taste XIV; sharp or biting in tone XVII. OE. teart, of unkn. orig.

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tart

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

tart1 piece of pastry (now open) with fruit or jam filling. XIV. — OF. tarte, of unkn. orig.

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tart

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

tart, tartlet Open pastry case filled with fruit, jam, lemon curd, custard, etc.

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tart

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

tart •apart, apparat, art, baht, Bart, Barthes, cart, carte, chart, clart, dart, Eilat, fart, ghat, Gujarat, Gujrat, hart, Harte, heart, heart-to-heart, impart, Jat, kart, kyat, Maat, Mansart, mart, outsmart, part, quarte, salat, savate, Scart, smart, start, tart, zakat •Hobart • wallchart • flow chart •Bogart • Stuttgart • Earhart •greenheart • sweetheart • Leichhardt •Reinhardt • Bernhardt • handcart •Descartes • dogcart • go-kart •pushcart • dustcart • rampart •forepart • underpart • Bonaparte •counterpart • Bundesrat • Robsart •Mozart • Hallstatt • kick-start •push-start • upstart

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