tar heel state

Questions about tar heel state

What does tar heel state mean?

tar heel state means "a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies".

What is another word for tar heel state?

Close synonyms include North Carolina, Old North State, NC, N.C.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tar heel state a common word?

tar heel state is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.