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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Fellow crew members momentarily continued rolling out the tarp, which resulted in the waterproof cover getting rolled on the man's back.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Medford Police Department At 12:50 p.m., at Jones's direction, Aaron Friar's remains are found wrapped in a green tarp and Tinkerbell fleece blanket off of a remote highway just 20 miles north of Friar's home.
—Megan Kelly Brown, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
After several moments of discussion, the tarp was rolled back onto the field, the dugouts emptied and the game was canceled.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
Boone visited the mound with a trainer to check on Gómez, and moments later, the grounds crew put a tarp on the infield.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Medford Police Department At 12:50 p.m., at Jones's direction, Aaron Friar's remains are found wrapped in a green tarp and Tinkerbell fleece blanket off of a remote highway just 20 miles north of Friar's home.
—Megan Kelly Brown, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
After several moments of discussion, the tarp was rolled back onto the field, the dugouts emptied and the game was canceled.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
Boone visited the mound with a trainer to check on Gómez, and moments later, the grounds crew put a tarp on the infield.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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 3 May. 2025.
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