tan´ta|lus|like´

tan´ta|lus|like´
Tan|ta|lus «TAN tuh luhs», noun.
Greek Mythology. a king of Phrygia, son of Zeus and father of Niobe and Pelops, whose punishment in the lower world, for betraying the gods' secrets, was to stand in the river Tartarus up to his chin, under branches of fruit. Whenever he tried to drink or eat, the water or fruit withdrew from his reach, and a rock continually threatened to fall on him.
tan|ta|lus «TAN tuh luhs», noun.
1. British. a rack of decanters which seem free but must be unlocked to be used.
2. a) a genus of storks. b) a species of these; wood ibis.
[< Tantalus]
tan´ta|lus|like´, adjective.

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