Tartar is a noun with multiple senses: historically, a person of fierce or intractable temper; in medicine or dentistry, a hard dental calculus that forms on teeth; and in culinary contexts, a sauce or relish prepared with chopped ingredients. The term can also refer to any person perceived as harsh or stubborn, and in cosmetics or archaeology contexts, to a dull gray mineral deposit. It comprises two syllables with the stress typically on the first: TAR-tar.
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