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Definition of "tzar" [tzar]

  • Variant of czar. See Usage Note at czar. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tzar" in a sentence
  • "Discuss as a group or in pairs at the Seder table: 1. Egypt, "mitzrayim" in Hebrew, comes from the word "tzar": the "narrow place," the constricted place."
  • "Judaism teaches us that the agonizing transition of adolescence is all part of what is called tzar giddul banim, the necessary pain of raising children."
  • "Egypt, mitzrayim in Hebrew, comes from the word tzar: the "narrow place," the constricted place."