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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

tar•pit n.

Geologyseepage of natural tar or asphalt, esp. an accumulation that has acted as a natural trap into which animals have fallen and sunk and had their bones preserved.

Also, tar′ pit′.

tar¹ + pit¹ 1830–40

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