untarred

Without black coating

Untarred describes something that has not been coated or treated with tar.

An untarred road is unpaved or surfaced only with gravel.

In computing contexts, untarred refers to files that have been extracted from a tar archive—the compressed bundle format common on Unix systems: I downloaded and untarred the source code.

road

asphalt

Petroleum-based paving material

gravel · unpaved · dirt · surface · driveway · highway · street · resurfacing · paving · bitumen

pristine

unblemished

Free from any defect

intact · unmarked · unspoiled · unsullied · untouched · unscathed · unstained · unsoiled · unmarred · undamaged

nautical

rope

Thick twisted fibers

  • riggingRopes controlling ship sails
  • cordageRopes and twines collectively
  • hempIndustrial fiber crop

line · halyard · shroud · cable · deck · sailcloth · canvas · marline · hawser · splice

Opposites
surface treatment/coating

untarredtarred

Coated with pitch

blacktopped · asphalted · paved · sealed · surfaced

Family

tar, tarry, tarred, tarring

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G