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 outlet reported that four of the bodies were found in the trunk, while five bodies and a bloody tarp were found inside the vehicle.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Images from the scene show the cockpit area of the Learjet almost completely caved in on its left-hand side with a red tarp over it.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2025
Step 3: Clean Up Gather the cut stems and place them in a wheelbarrow or on a tarp to transfer them to a compost pile or into yard waste bags for disposal.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2025
On a recent afternoon, Ms. Molin visited a small group of undocumented immigrants who had been living under a tarp in the woods behind an ice cream shop until a manager there threatened to call the police.
—Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Images from the scene show the cockpit area of the Learjet almost completely caved in on its left-hand side with a red tarp over it.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2025
Step 3: Clean Up Gather the cut stems and place them in a wheelbarrow or on a tarp to transfer them to a compost pile or into yard waste bags for disposal.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2025
On a recent afternoon, Ms. Molin visited a small group of undocumented immigrants who had been living under a tarp in the woods behind an ice cream shop until a manager there threatened to call the police.
—Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 23 Feb. 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 13 Mar. 2025.
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