Tart
noun
A small pie, usually filled with fruit.
She baked an apple tart for dessert.
Often appears as...
- apple tart
- cherry tart
noun
A woman who dresses or behaves in a way that is considered tasteless and sexually provocative.
She was unfairly labeled as a tart because of her bold fashion choices.
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
adjective
Having a sharp, sour taste.
The lemon has a tart flavor that can seem too sharp for some people.
Often appears as...
- tart apple
- tart taste
noun
A small pie, usually filled with fruit.
She baked an apple tart for dessert.
Often appears as...
- apple tart
- cherry tart
noun
A woman who dresses or behaves in a way that is considered tasteless and sexually provocative.
She was unfairly labeled as a tart because of her bold fashion choices.
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
adjective
Having a sharp, sour taste.
The lemon has a tart flavor that can seem too sharp for some people.
Often appears as...
- tart apple
- tart taste
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Dessert Context
Used when talking about sweet dishes, perfect for describing what's eaten at the end of a meal.
For our guest, let's prepare a raspberry tart tonight.
Pro Tip 2/3Culinary Term
A term often found in recipes and cooking shows. Useful when discussing baking techniques.
This recipe says to chill the tart dough before baking.
Pro Tip 3/3Sweet and Fruity
Usually refers to desserts with a sweet fruit filling, signaling a fresh and sweet taste.
Her homemade blueberry tart was so delicious, it disappeared in minutes.
Pro Tip 1/3Dessert Context
Used when talking about sweet dishes, perfect for describing what's eaten at the end of a meal.
For our guest, let's prepare a raspberry tart tonight.
Pro Tip 2/3Culinary Term
A term often found in recipes and cooking shows. Useful when discussing baking techniques.
This recipe says to chill the tart dough before baking.
Pro Tip 3/3Sweet and Fruity
Usually refers to desserts with a sweet fruit filling, signaling a fresh and sweet taste.
Her homemade blueberry tart was so delicious, it disappeared in minutes.
Pro Tip 1/3Dessert Context
Used when talking about sweet dishes, perfect for describing what's eaten at the end of a meal.
For our guest, let's prepare a raspberry tart tonight.
Pro Tip 2/3Culinary Term
A term often found in recipes and cooking shows. Useful when discussing baking techniques.
This recipe says to chill the tart dough before baking.
Pro Tip 3/3Sweet and Fruity
Usually refers to desserts with a sweet fruit filling, signaling a fresh and sweet taste.
Her homemade blueberry tart was so delicious, it disappeared in minutes.
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Video examples
Every shirt has a story...
conversation about SETI now if Jill tarter had gotten up or the gentleman who was talking yesterday I had gotten up and they were wearing this shirt don't you think the conversation would have gone better trying to communicate with extraterrestrials and they're wearing the extraterrestrials or last
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Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's...
There was rolled up turkey cold cuts, rolled up ham cold cuts, rolled up roast beef cold cuts and little cubes of cheese. There was tuna salad sandwiches and egg salad sandwiches and salmon salad sandwiches. There was lasagna, there was casseroles, there was brownies, there was butter tarts,
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Citizen scientists...
tarter stood on this stage and announced her TED wish which was to empower Earthlings everywhere to become active participants in the search for cosmic company today with the launch of SETI live that wish comes true SETI live is an unprecedented improvement in the search for alien life
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Homaro Cantu + Ben...
It's a glycoprotein called miraculin, a naturally occurring thing. It still freaks me out every time I eat it, but it has a unique ability to mask certain taste receptors on your tongue, so that primarily sour taste receptors, so normally things that would taste very sour or tart,
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Safari Live - Day 257 PIPE...
far too hot for me to go to the hyena den on Juma I've got a distinctly concerned feeling that tonight for the SABC show there they're going to be no-shows but we'll wait and see I'm going to try and help bring tarts in the meantime we tracked and gone off a Juma
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Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
melanin which was thought to originally protect the giraffe from the sun of course our skin has melanin in it as well but it's probably just used more to make the tongue more rubbery if you like the melon in itself will make the tart the tongue
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Earth's mass extinction...
from them and expect to be anybody's friends well the second part of that soon after and I was talking to Paul Allen and I saw him in the audience I handed him a copy of rare earth and Jill tarter was there and she turned to me
Video examples
Meet the microscopic...
In fact, all commercially produced beer you've ever had likely came from one of only three microorganism species. Yet our species, it could make a beer that tasted like honey, and it could also make a delightfully tart beer.
Video examples
The beneficial bacteria...
to keep the carbon dioxide in the bottle. Wine also introduces us to our second type of food-producing bacteria. A special strain of bacteria turns a tart compound in grape juice into softer tasting ones
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Learning the Art of...
the tools belong to the poor islanders tarter Tao was current in the islands
Video examples
Every shirt has a story...
conversation about SETI now if Jill tarter had gotten up or the gentleman who was talking yesterday I had gotten up and they were wearing this shirt don't you think the conversation would have gone better trying to communicate with extraterrestrials and they're wearing the extraterrestrials or last
Video examples
Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's...
There was rolled up turkey cold cuts, rolled up ham cold cuts, rolled up roast beef cold cuts and little cubes of cheese. There was tuna salad sandwiches and egg salad sandwiches and salmon salad sandwiches. There was lasagna, there was casseroles, there was brownies, there was butter tarts,
Video examples
Citizen scientists...
tarter stood on this stage and announced her TED wish which was to empower Earthlings everywhere to become active participants in the search for cosmic company today with the launch of SETI live that wish comes true SETI live is an unprecedented improvement in the search for alien life
Video examples
Homaro Cantu + Ben...
It's a glycoprotein called miraculin, a naturally occurring thing. It still freaks me out every time I eat it, but it has a unique ability to mask certain taste receptors on your tongue, so that primarily sour taste receptors, so normally things that would taste very sour or tart,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 257 PIPE...
far too hot for me to go to the hyena den on Juma I've got a distinctly concerned feeling that tonight for the SABC show there they're going to be no-shows but we'll wait and see I'm going to try and help bring tarts in the meantime we tracked and gone off a Juma
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
melanin which was thought to originally protect the giraffe from the sun of course our skin has melanin in it as well but it's probably just used more to make the tongue more rubbery if you like the melon in itself will make the tart the tongue
Video examples
Earth's mass extinction...
from them and expect to be anybody's friends well the second part of that soon after and I was talking to Paul Allen and I saw him in the audience I handed him a copy of rare earth and Jill tarter was there and she turned to me
Video examples
Meet the microscopic...
In fact, all commercially produced beer you've ever had likely came from one of only three microorganism species. Yet our species, it could make a beer that tasted like honey, and it could also make a delightfully tart beer.
Video examples
The beneficial bacteria...
to keep the carbon dioxide in the bottle. Wine also introduces us to our second type of food-producing bacteria. A special strain of bacteria turns a tart compound in grape juice into softer tasting ones
Video examples
Learning the Art of...
the tools belong to the poor islanders tarter Tao was current in the islands
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Sherry Yard
American Chef
I want to open a destination place where you go for the best chocolate chip cookie you've ever had in your life, the biggest champagne list ever, the best fruit tarts you've tasted.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Maybe climate change is a threat, and maybe climate change has been tarted up by climatologists trolling for research grant cash. It doesn't matter.
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Ed Oxenbould
Australian Actor
I have made this one dish, a salted caramel chocolate ganache tart. It's so rich. You can only have a few bites!
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Diane Lane
American Actress
The potential hot tomato of today can turn into the cold pop tart of tomorrow, and I know that.
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Harold MacMillan
English Politician
I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.
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Olivia Colman
English Actress
I am just an actor - all I do is I memorise someone else's words and tart around.
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Julian Clary
English Comedian
I didn't think of myself as a tart, but I wouldn't argue with anyone who did.
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Emily Atack
British Actress
I'm not a tart. I feel like I've been treated like one in the past.
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Rachel Khoo
British Chef
Every good jam tart deserves the finest preserve.
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Hugh Grant
English Actor
I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact.
Quote examples
Sherry Yard
American Chef
I want to open a destination place where you go for the best chocolate chip cookie you've ever had in your life, the biggest champagne list ever, the best fruit tarts you've tasted.
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Maybe climate change is a threat, and maybe climate change has been tarted up by climatologists trolling for research grant cash. It doesn't matter.
Quote examples
Ed Oxenbould
Australian Actor
I have made this one dish, a salted caramel chocolate ganache tart. It's so rich. You can only have a few bites!
Quote examples
Diane Lane
American Actress
The potential hot tomato of today can turn into the cold pop tart of tomorrow, and I know that.
Quote examples
Harold MacMillan
English Politician
I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.
Quote examples
Olivia Colman
English Actress
I am just an actor - all I do is I memorise someone else's words and tart around.
Quote examples
Julian Clary
English Comedian
I didn't think of myself as a tart, but I wouldn't argue with anyone who did.
Quote examples
Emily Atack
British Actress
I'm not a tart. I feel like I've been treated like one in the past.
Quote examples
Rachel Khoo
British Chef
Every good jam tart deserves the finest preserve.
Quote examples
Hugh Grant
English Actor
I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact.
Example 1 of 10
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