tare
/tɛr/
verb
- To set a scale to zero after placing an empty container on it, so that only the weight of the contents is measured.
- I always tare my food scale with the bowl before weighing ingredients.
- Please tare the scale before adding the flour for the recipe.
- The lab technician tared the beaker to ensure an accurate measurement of the chemical.
noun
- The weight of a container or vehicle that is subtracted from the total weight to find the weight of the contents.
- Before filling the tank, the scale was set to zero to account for the tare.
- The shipping company calculated the tare of each crate to determine the net weight of the goods.
- The truck's tare was 5,000 pounds, so the cargo weighed 20,000 pounds.
- A vetch plant, especially the common vetch, often considered a weed in grain fields.
- Tare can reduce crop yields if it grows too thickly among the grain.
- In ancient times, tare was sometimes mixed with wheat, making it hard to separate.
- The farmer pulled the tare from the wheat field to prevent it from spreading.