ottar


Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia.

ot·tar

 (ŏt′ər)
n.
Variant of attar.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

ottar

(ˈɒtə)
n
(Elements & Compounds) a variant of attar
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.ottar - essential oil or perfume obtained from flowersottar - essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers
essential oil, volatile oil - an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings
attar of roses, rose oil - a volatile fragrant oil obtained from fresh roses by steam distillation
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
References in classic literature ?
We left them in the clutches of the celebrated Turkish guide, "FAR-AWAY MOSES," who will seduce them into buying a ship-load of ottar of roses, splendid Turkish vestments, and ail manner of curious things they can never have any use for.
But now her spirit resembled, in its potency, a minute quantity of ottar of rose in one of Hepzibah's huge, iron-bound trunks, diffusing its fragrance through the various articles of linen and wrought-lace, kerchiefs, caps, stockings, folded dresses, gloves, and whatever else was treasured there.
'We were able to navigate through the Arctic waters and reach the North Pole faster than we thought possible,' said Ottar Haugen, Commander of the Norwegian Coast Guard.
At the same time, since the sending countries had high unemployment and overpopulation, they 'exported their poverty'; this term was used by the Norwegian history professor Ottar Brox.
The housing schemes included Pak Land City Housing Scheme for area 377 Kanal and 05 Marla, Mouza Kuryal, Raiwind Railway Road, Lahore, Smart City Housing Scheme for area 745 Kanals and 01 Marla, Mouza Manga Ottar, UBD Canal Road, Lahore,
On July 1, the Afghan Sikh and Hindu community leader, Ottar Singh Khalsa, who was running for parliamentary elections, was killed in a suicide attack in Jalalabad city in Nangarhar province.
According to local media, the only Sikh candidate for upcoming parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, Ottar Singh Khalsa was among those killed in the suicide bombing in the provincial capital.
1 (1995): 39-62; Pirio Honkanen, Bas Verplanken and Svein Ottar Olsen.
(20.) Gerhard Sulo JI, Stein Emil Vollset, Ottar Nygard, Nina 0yen, Grethe S.