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Meanings of tar paper in английском

A heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofing.

Синонимы
Examples for "roofing paper"
Examples for "roofing paper"
1
A cover of roofing paper is added and the earth then replaced.
If You're Going to Live in the Country
2
Over it, before replacing the dirt, goes another piece of roofing paper.
If You're Going to Live in the Country
3
When it is well under way, toss on some scraps of roofing paper.
If You're Going to Live in the Country
4
The crude paper is the foundation of the roofing paper.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
5
The building was covered with black roofing paper, and was also painted black inside.
Edison: His Life and Inventions
Usage of tar paper in английском
1
He had built the shed well and lined it with tar paper.
Treasure and Trouble Therewith: A Tale of California
2
The whole house was covered on the outside with tar paper.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
3
We got along fairly well unless the wind blew the tar paper off.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
4
The ordinary tar paper is that saturated with clear cold tar.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
5
They are floored with wooden slats and roofed with tar paper.
Dear Enemy
6
I could knock up a shack like this with tar paper, I could.
The Sturdy Oak / A composite Novel of American Politics by fourt...
7
In large conflagrations, also, the tar paper roofs behaved in identically a similar manner.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
8
I know about the tar paper and the drying socks.
The day the falls stood still
9
The tar paper or whatever they applied came off gradually with each big storm.
The Irish Times
10
I'm on a rooftop, crouching on tar paper and gravel.
Soon I will be invincible
11
Freezing air never ceased to enter the thin walls of boards and tar paper.
The Iron Furrow
12
Heat emanated from everything-poles, concrete, metal, awnings, roofs, tar paper-everything.
The Illustrated Man
13
The studio consisted of a dark room covered in tar paper, with a retractable roof.
Wired
14
This couple lives in a little shack patched up with tar paper, tin, and wood.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
15
The print shop was burning, its inflammable tar paper and dry boards blazing like powder.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
16
We lived in board shacks covered with tar paper and the weather was cold and damp.
The Biography of a Rabbit
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Tar paper across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common