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We found 5 dictionaries that define the word coal tars:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. coal tars: Merriam-Webster
  2. coal tars: Collins English Dictionary
  3. coal tars: Vocabulary.com
  4. coal-tars, coal tars: Wiktionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coal tars: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See coal_tar as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (coal tar)

noun:  A black, viscous tar made by the destructive distillation of coal (to make coke and town gas); it contains a great number of compounds including hydrocarbons and phenols; used in the preparation of medicinal soap and shampoo, and industrially for the manufacture of many products.
▸ Also see coal_tar


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