tarp
80
3.2
- noun
- /tɑrp/
- US
:
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- Before we started painting, we spread a tarp to catch any drips and spills.
- use tarps
- covered by a tarp
- plastic tarp
Obviously, he would rather stay there and sleep on a parking lot under a tarp then to do that.
- Obviously, he would rather stay there and sleep on a parking lot under a tarp then to do that.
- But if I were to do it again, I would definitely be grabbing that tarp, that is for sure.
- All you need is a dark colored material or a dark colored tarp.
- So I kept getting obviously with the Tornadoes and everything here in Nashville, I kept there was this big like they put a tarp on their house.
- Now with persnickety weeds, you can take a black tarp, a silage tarp, and cover that area.
Examples
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If you need a good tarp, get the DeWitt leaf tarp.
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You don't have a camping tarp I could borrow, do you?
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Obviously, he would rather stay there and sleep on a parking lot under a tarp then to do that.
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We should put down a tarp.
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But this is just going to be really great because another thing that the tarp does is it keeps the leaves off the soil.
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The tent, the tarp that I had hanging up over here kept the sun from being in my eyes.
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Before he can answer, the tarp they were hiding under is ripped away.
Fiction book (1996) -
Meanwhile, Ellie lashed down the tarp that covered the side of the hill.
Fiction book (1990) -
Beside it, covered by a blue tarp, was a stack of clapboards in twenty-foot lengths.
Fiction book (1995) -
This is Kingsman Yacht Center and these boats are covered with these tarps and this shrink wrap effect.
Synonyms
571
1.0
A thing like a lid or blanket that lies over something to keep it safe
4
5.4
A strong waterproof sheet made of canvas or plastic that covers things outside
How Protective
- US
80
3.2
140
1.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tarp is short for tarpaulin, a word sailors used for cloth coated with tar ('sticky, waterproof') to keep gear dry. The second part comes from pall ('cover'), so a tarp is literally a waterproof cover used to protect things from rain.