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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Bring plenty of tarps and straps to transport your tree.
—Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2024
On the sixth night Fowler was engulfed by a thunderstorm that blew down his tarp and soaked his sleeping quilt.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2024
Federal authorities had instructed the immigrants to wait there to be processed; some remained there for weeks, sleeping under tarps and blankets with little access to water and food.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 26 Nov. 2024
The collection rests on layers of tarps and clothes that likely adds up to hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds of debris, the remnants of an outdoor encampment on a one-acre plot in City Heights, a neighborhood in southern San Diego.
—Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2024
On the sixth night Fowler was engulfed by a thunderstorm that blew down his tarp and soaked his sleeping quilt.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2024
Federal authorities had instructed the immigrants to wait there to be processed; some remained there for weeks, sleeping under tarps and blankets with little access to water and food.
—Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 26 Nov. 2024
The collection rests on layers of tarps and clothes that likely adds up to hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds of debris, the remnants of an outdoor encampment on a one-acre plot in City Heights, a neighborhood in southern San Diego.
—Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Tarp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tarp. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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