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• Tart (disambiguation) — Tart may mean: * Tart, a pastry dish, usually sweet in flavor, with an open top * Tart card, cards found in phone booths that advertise the services of call girls * The Tart, a British satirical newspaper * Tart (film), a 2001 film * Tart (Tokyo… …   Wikipedia

• tart — Ⅰ. tart [1] ► NOUN ▪ an open pastry case containing a sweet or savoury filling. DERIVATIVES tartlet noun. ORIGIN Old French tarte. Ⅱ. tart [2] ► …   English terms dictionary

• Tart — Tart, 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 L. tortus, p. p. of torquere to twist, bend, wind, because tarts were originally made of a twisted shape.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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tart — A tart is a pastry dish, usually sweet, that is a type of pie with an open top not covered with pastry. The Tarte Tatin is a particular kind of upside down tart, of apples, other fruit, or onions.Savoury varieties include German Zwiebelkuchen… …   Wikipedia

• tart — {{11}}tart (adj.) having a sharp taste, late 14c., perhaps from O.E. teart painful, sharp, severe (in ref. to punishment, pain, suffering), of unknown origin; possibly related to the root of teran to tear. Fig. use, with ref. to words, speech,… …   Etymology dictionary

• tart — 1. adjective a) Sharp to the taste; acid; sour. I ate a very tart apple. b) Of wine: high or too high in acidity. He gave me a very tart reply. Syn: green 2 …   Wiktionary

• tart — tart1 noun an open pastry case containing a sweet or savoury filling. Derivatives tartlet noun Origin ME: from OFr. tarte or med. L. tarta, of unknown origin. tart2 informal noun derogatory a prostitute or promiscuous woman. verb (tart oneself… …   English new terms dictionary

• tart — noun open pie ADJECTIVE ▪ chocolate, fruit, jam (BrE), treacle (BrE) ▪ almond, apple, lemon, etc. VERB + TART …   Collocations dictionary

• tart — 1. n. 1 an open pastry case containing jam etc. 2 esp. Brit. a pie with a fruit or sweet filling. Derivatives: tartlet n. Etymology: ME f. OF tarte = med.L tarta, of unkn. orig. 2. n. & v. n. sl. 1 a prostitute; a promiscuous woman. 2 sl. offens …   Useful english dictionary

• Bakewell tart — noun Brit. a baked open tart consisting of a pastry case lined with jam and filled with almond sponge cake. Origin named after the town of Bakewell in Derbyshire …   English new terms dictionary

• Bakewell tart — /ˌbeɪkwɛl ˈtat/ (say .baykwel taht) noun an open tart with a pastry base and a cake like filling. {named after Bakewell, a town in Derbyshire, England} …