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Meanings of tarp in English

Portuguese
lona alcatroada
Spanish
tela impermeable

Waterproofed canvas.

lona alcatroada
Synonyms
Examples for "tarpaulin"
Examples for "tarpaulin"
1
That's the 'bus-no ;thetarpaulin hangs down and obscures the inscription; yes.
The Open Air
2
Accordingly, a big tarpaulin was fastened over the hole in the roof.
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer; Or, The Quickest Flight on Record
3
Families use it to prop up tarpaulin tents or build makeshift shelters.
Reuters
4
Pull up the blankets, and then the long end of the tarpaulin.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
5
The tarpaulin-wrapped object that he carried weighed at least five hundred pounds.
The god machine
Usage of tarp in English
1
He staggered forward and tugged back the tarp for a better look.
Exit strategy
2
Water rained everywhere, plopping onto the tarp and bouncing off the linoleum.
Midnight hero
3
Sleeping sacks and ponchos and a tarp with a good sturdy rope.
The passage
4
There is nothing here but the four poles that support the tarp.
Bird Box
5
With a grunt he set the tarp-covered stone down at his feet.
The god machine
6
It rained briefly in the night, a light patter on the tarp.
The road
7
We opened the bench's hinged top to find a large canvas tarp.
Library of Souls
8
Find barrels, crates, tarp, or whatever is useful to hide the bodies.
Thief of lives
9
Rick moved the tarp aside, and underneath was a small wooden box.
Stinger
10
The ground crew had just about spread the tarp over the infield.
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
11
I started toward the tarp-covered doorway at the back of the shack.
Beat the reaper: a novel
12
The doorhandle and the seatlatch and the tarp and the plastic package.
No country for old men
13
A blue tarp had been pulled down to keep the rain out.
The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
14
In the corner, he pulled the tarp from the mountain of newspapers.
The marrowbone marble company
15
Through the opening, a shape filled the space, covered by a tarp.
Map of bones
16
My father's wooden trunk was there in a corner under a tarp.
Empty mile
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Translations for tarp
Portuguese
lona alcatroada
Tarp through the time
Tarp across language varieties
United States of America
Common