COAL TAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coal tar mean? 

• COAL TAR (noun)
  The noun COAL TAR has 1 sense:

1. a tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal; coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compounds

  Familiarity information: COAL TAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COAL TAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal; coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("coal tar" is a kind of...):

pitch; tar (any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue)

Meronyms (substance of "coal tar"):

naphthalene (a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs)

 Context examples 

Coal tar exposure leads to an increased risk of developing cancer of skin, lung, bladder, kidney and digestive tract as well as leukemia.

(Coal Tar, NCI Thesaurus)

These chemicals are also made for use in many products, including coal tar, creosote, roofing tar, pesticides, mothballs, dandruff shampoos, and some medicines.

(PAH, NCI Dictionary)

Benzo(k)fluoranthene is primarily found in gasoline exhaust, cigarette smoke, coal tar, coal and oil combustion emissions, lubricating oils, used motor oils and crude oils.

(Benzo[k]fluoranthene, NCI Thesaurus)

Coal tar pitch exposure leads to an increased risk of developing skin, lung, bladder, kidney and digestive-tract cancer as well as leukemia.

(Coal Tar Pitch, NCI Thesaurus)

Benzo(j)fluoranthene is primarily found in certain foods, cigarette smoke, gasoline exhaust, coal tar, coal smoke, oil heat emissions, crude oils and used motor oils.

(Benzo[j]fluoranthene, NCI Thesaurus)

Benzo(b)fluoranthene is primarily found in gasoline exhaust, tobacco and cigarette smoke, coal tar, soot, amino acids and fatty acid pyrolysis products.

(Benzo[b]fluoranthene, NCI Thesaurus)

Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene is primarily found in gasoline exhaust, tobacco smoke and coal tar.

(Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

Dibenzo[a,h]pyrene is primarily found in engine exhaust, cigarette tar and coal tar pitch.

(Dibenzo[a,h]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

Indene[1,2,3-cd]pyrene is primarily found in certain foods, gasoline and diesel exhaust, cigarette smoke, coal tar and coal tar pitch, soot and petroleum asphalt.

(Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

Naphthalene is obtained from either coal tar or petroleum distillation and is primarily used to manufacture phthalic anhydride, but is also used in moth repellents.

(Naphthalene, NCI Thesaurus)