Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tartar

4 senses of tartar

Sense 1
cream of tartar, tartar, potassium bitartrate, potassium hydrogen tartrate -- (a salt used especially in baking powder)
       => salt -- (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

Sense 2
dragon, tartar -- (a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman)
       => unpleasant woman, disagreeable woman -- (a woman who is an unpleasant person)

Sense 3
Tatar, Tartar, Mongol Tatar -- (a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century)
       => Mongol, Mongolian -- (a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia)

Sense 4
tartar, calculus, tophus -- (an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums)
       => crust, incrustation, encrustation -- (a hard outer layer that covers something)