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

5 senses of tare

Sense 1
tare -- (an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods)
       => allowance, adjustment -- (an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit")

Sense 2
tare -- (any of several weedy vetches grown for forage)
       => vetch -- (any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants)

Sense 3
darnel, tare, bearded darnel, cheat, Lolium temulentum -- (weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous)
       => rye grass, ryegrass -- (any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses)

Sense 4
tare -- (the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo)
       => weight -- (the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity)

Sense 5
tare -- ((chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals)
       => counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser -- (a weight that balances another weight)

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