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Tarpaulin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Material, such as waterproofed canvas, used to cover and protect things from moisture.

n. A sheet of this material.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A heavy, waterproof sheet of material, often cloth, used as a cover.

n. A sailor. Often abbreviated to just tar.

n. Any heavy, waterproof material used as a cover.

n. Canvas waterproofed with tar, used as a cover.

n. A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc.

n. A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others.

n. Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Canvas made water-proof with tar; hence, any waterproof cloth, especially when used in large sheets for covering anything exposed to the weather or to wet.

n. A sailor's hat made of or covered with painted or tarred cloth.

n. A sailor.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. waterproofed canvas

Word Usage

"Here a tarp, short for tarpaulin, is a waterproof sheet of canvas or heavy duty plastic that you throw over things to keep the rain off."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

canvass canvas

Cross Reference

tarpaulin muster pall

Form

tarp

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

seaman tar

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

tarp canvas oilcloth waterproof poncho