Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tar water

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables
tar wa-ter
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cold infusion of tar in water, once used as a medicine for chest complaints.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

tar waters (plural) tar-water (alternative)

Questions

What does tar water mean?
A cold infusion of tar in water, once used as a medicine for chest complaints.

How to pronounce tar water

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “tar water”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “tar water”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “tar water” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.