tart
noun/tɑːt/
/tɑːrt/
- [countable, uncountable] an open pie filled with sweet food such as fruit
- a strawberry tart
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chocolate
- fruit
- jam
- …
- make
- [countable] (British English, informal, disapproving) an offensive word for a woman who you think behaves or dresses in a way that is intended to attract sexual attention
- He said my dress made me look like a tart.
- [countable] (slang) a person who works as a prostitute
Word Originnoun sense 1 late Middle English (denoting a savoury pie): from Old French tarte or medieval Latin tarta, of unknown origin. noun senses 2 to 3 mid 19th cent.: probably an abbreviation of sweetheart.
Check pronunciation:
tart