noun Download 🔗Share A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa) Examples : "The farmer used a special machine to separate the wheat from the tares after the harvest. " plant agriculture seed vegetable Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any of the tufted grasses of genus Lolium; darnel. Examples : "The farmer carefully removed the tares from his wheat field, knowing they would steal nutrients from the crops he wanted to harvest. " plant agriculture biology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A damaging weed growing in fields of grain. Examples : "The farmer carefully removed the tares from his wheat field to prevent them from choking the healthy grain. " agriculture plant biology nature environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The empty weight of a container; the tare weight or unladen weight. Examples : "The truck driver carefully noted the tares of each shipping container before loading them with cargo, ensuring accurate weight calculations for transport. " business economy commerce Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise. Examples : "The postal worker will tare the package before calculating the shipping cost, so you only pay for the weight of the contents, not the box. " business commerce economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point. Examples : "Before weighing the ingredients for the cake, I tared the kitchen scale to zero with the mixing bowl on top. " technical utility science physics chemistry amount Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading