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tart (s) (noun), tarts (pl)
1. A pastry shell with shallow sides, no top crust, and any of various fillings.
2. Chiefly British: a prostitute or a woman considered to be sexually promiscuous.
3. Etymology: "small pie" from about 1400; from Old French tarte, "flat, open-topped pastry"; possibly an alteration of torte, from Late Latin torta, "round loaf of bread" (in Medieval Latin, as written and spoken about 700 to about 1500; "a cake, a tart").
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tart (TART) (noun)
1. A small pie typically filled with fruit, custard, etc.: "She baked a lemon tart to take to the tailgate picnic tomorrow."
2. Chiefly British, a prostitute: "The young woman was determined to put her background as a tart behind her and go back to school to complete her education."
tart (TART) (adjective)
Sharp to the taste buds: "The lemonade was very tart and needed more sugar before we could drink it."

The lemon tart was tart to her taste, but she still thought it was delicious.

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(Greek: austeros, harsh, rough, bitter > Latin: dry, harsh, sour, tart)