plural tarps
: a piece of material (such as durable plastic or waterproofed canvas) used especially for protecting exposed objects or areas : tarpaulin
The crewmen competed for a place to stand beneath the small tarp that covered part of the narrow deck.—
Matt Potts
Matt PottsThis house, half of it's all burned up. They live there, the burned part's covered with a tarp, with their dogs, and they must have at least ten.—Katya Reno
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The league conducted tests at the Nashville outdoor game, stringing a cable the length of the rink between two forklifts to lift a plastic tarp over the rink.
—Joe Smith, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
They should be cleaned and stored in a garage, shed, basement, or even under your deck if they’re protected with a tarp.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2026
Blakeman had an extra tarp for her.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
The birds get loaded underneath the tarp like that, squat cages stacked one on top of the other.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
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Joe Smith, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
They should be cleaned and stored in a garage, shed, basement, or even under your deck if they’re protected with a tarp.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2026
Blakeman had an extra tarp for her.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
The birds get loaded underneath the tarp like that, squat cages stacked one on top of the other.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for tarp
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“Tarp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tarp. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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