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 regiment’s surviving soldiers reported hiding the banner, pennant and ribbons by wrapping them in tarps and burying them in the forest near Zielone 85 years ago.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025
She was wrapped in a green tarp and her head was covered with a white plastic bag, which a coroner testified had been used to suffocate her.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
How to prevent the spread The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service asks people to inspect their cars, outdoor furniture and recreational gear and equipment (like tents, tarps and coolers) for signs of the pesky insect before moving them from an area known to be populated by the bug.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
Hundreds of informal shelters—cobbled together from sheet metal, car doors, carpets, tarps—had been erected amid slabs of concrete.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025
She was wrapped in a green tarp and her head was covered with a white plastic bag, which a coroner testified had been used to suffocate her.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
How to prevent the spread The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service asks people to inspect their cars, outdoor furniture and recreational gear and equipment (like tents, tarps and coolers) for signs of the pesky insect before moving them from an area known to be populated by the bug.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
Hundreds of informal shelters—cobbled together from sheet metal, car doors, carpets, tarps—had been erected amid slabs of concrete.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 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 14 May. 2025.
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