tare

About 0.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa).
2. noun Any of the tufted grasses of the genus Lolium; darnel.
3. noun A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.
4. noun The empty weight of a container; unladen weight.
5. verb To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise.
6. verb To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.
7. verb simple past of tear
8. noun Any of various dipping sauces served with Japanese food, typically based on soy sauce.

Similar words

darnel cheat bearded darnel lolium temulentum vetch weed counterweight overhead loud geek

Often followed by

weight of and is the in weights to on

Word family

tared tares taring