Of or relating to Tartary or the Tartars; Tartarian.

A sauce made from mayonnaise and a chopped mixture of pickled gherkins, capers, olives and shallots; traditionally served with fish or other seafood.

A dish made of raw minced beef steak, often served with onions, capers and other ingredients

plural of tartare sauce

plural of steak tartare

plural of steak tartare

(biochemistry) The aldaric acid, 2,3 dihydroxy-succinic acid, that occurs naturally in many plants, in wine and in tamarind; it is used as the salts cream of tartar and Rochelle salt.

(chemistry) potassium hydrogen tartrate (also called potassium bitartrate), a byproduct of wine manufacture, used in baking powder and in cooking to stabilize beaten egg whites.

(archaic, colloquial) To discover someone is much stronger, much more dangerous, and/or much more violent than they appeared at first, especially after laying hands on them or (cant, obsolete) in a failed attempt to rob someone who turns out to be a stronger robber.

(medicine) A poisonous salt, potassium antimonyl tartrate, used as an expectorant