Usually means: Sharp, tangy taste; open pastry.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. tart: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tart: Merriam-Webster
  3. tart, tart, tart: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tart, tart: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tart: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tart: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tart, tart: Wordnik
  8. tart: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Tart, tart: Wiktionary
  10. tart: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. tart: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. tart: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. tart: Dictionary.com
  14. tart (adj.), tart (n.1), tart (n.2): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. tart: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Tart (disambiguation), Tart (film), Tart: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Tart: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. tart: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. tart: Rhymezone
  20. tart: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. tart: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. TART: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. tart: FreeDictionary.org
  24. tart: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. tart: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Beer Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Epicurus.com Coffee Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tart: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tart: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. tart: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. TART: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tart, tart, tart: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. tart: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Candle Making Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Beer & Brewing Terminology (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Coffee Terminology (No longer online)
  4. Wine Taster's Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
adjective:  (of wine) high or too high in acidity.
adjective:  (figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.
noun:  A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).
noun:  A melt (block of wax for use in a tart burner).
noun:  (British, slang) A prostitute.
noun:  (British, slang, derogatory, by extension) Any woman with loose sexual morals.
verb:  To practice prostitution.
verb:  To practice promiscuous sex.
verb:  To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorishly, or sluttily.
noun:  A surname.

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