Tar (disambiguation)

Tar is a viscous organic black or dark brown liquid.

Tar or TAR may also refer to:

Film and television

 * Tár, a 2022 psychological drama film
 * The Color of Time, or Tar, a 2012 film
 * The Amazing Race, a reality TV franchise
 * The Amazing Race (American TV series)

Literature

 * Tar: A Midwest Childhood, a 1926 fictionalized memoir by Sherwood Anderson

Music

 * Tar (band), an American band
 * Tar (drum), a drum from North Africa and the Middle East
 * Tar (string instrument), a long-necked, waisted lute family instrument
 * Tar (Azerbaijani instrument), a long-necked, plucked lute
 * "Tar" (song), by Visage, 1979

People

 * Pál Tar (born 1931), Hungarian businessman and diplomat
 * Zsolt Tar (born 1993), Hungarian footballer
 * T. A. Robertson (1909-1994), known as TAR, Scottish intelligence officer

Places

 * Tar, Hungary
 * Tar (Tar-Vabriga), Croatia
 * Tar, Isfahan, Iran
 * Tar Tajik Township, Akto County, Xinjiang, China
 * Tar River, in North Carolina, U.S.
 * Tar (Kyrgyzstan), a river
 * River Tar, in County Tipperary, Ireland
 * Tar Island, Ontario, Canada
 * Tar Rocks, Isle of Portland, Dorset, England
 * Tar Tunnel, an abandoned mining tunnel in Coalport, England
 * Tibet Autonomous Region, a region of the People's Republic of China
 * Tuvan Arat Republic, or Tuvan People's Republic, a former state in North Asia

Science and technology

 * Tar (tobacco residue), the partially combusted particulate matter produced by smoking
 * tar (computing), a computer software utility for archiving
 * TAR syndrome (thrombocytopenia with absent radius), a genetic disorder
 * Target acquisition radar (TAR), a type of radar
 * Tissue-to-air ratio, a term in radiation therapy treatment
 * Transverse aeolian ridges (TARs), features on Mars
 * Trans-activation response element, in HIV
 * Turnaround (refining), a scheduled maintenance event of an industrial plant
 * IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Transport

 * TAR Aerolíneas, a Mexican airline
 * Transporte Aéreo Rioplatense, a former Argentine cargo airline
 * Tunisair (ICAO code TAR), a Tunisian airline, ICAO airline code TAR
 * Taranto-Grottaglie Airport, Taranto, Italy, IATA airport code TAR
 * Trans–Asian railway, a UN project to create an integrated freight railway network across Europe and Asia

Other uses

 * IWI Tavor, an Israeli assault rifle, previously designated Tavor TAR-21 or T.A.R. 21
 * Jack Tar, or Tar, an English term for sailor
 * Time at risk (TaR), a risk measure for corporate finance
 * Teen Age Republicans, a youth wing of the U.S. Republican Party
 * Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale, part of the Judiciary of Italy
 * Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital or TAR Hospital, in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia