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tarp

[ US /ˈtɑɹp/ ]
[ UK /tˈɑːp/ ]
NOUN
  1. waterproofed canvas

How To Use tarp In A Sentence

  • After the flood of 1966, the S Ruffillo Altarpiece underwent restoration.
  • With water all around me I had little choice but to sit under a leaky tarpaulin beside chain-smokers and crying children, only now and then getting a glimpse up into the vast forests I was entering.
  • For the asset purchase program to be effective, it must be done on a very large scale," Neel Kashkari, the Treasury's top TARP official, said in a speech last week.
  • The shingles are no great problem; I've shaken hands on a deal to have the house and garage roof replaced in the autumn and if I get a major leak before then all I need do is make a call and they'll hop on over with a large blue tarpaulin.
  • He felt his skin abrade as he skidded off the tarp, but he lay still, apart from eyes blinking in the sudden light. THE LAST TEMPTATION
  • The media has constantly focused, and Wall Street has been very happy about this focus, on this measly-and I say "measly" - $700 billion worth of TARP money that Congress allowed to be allocated last October. Democracy Now!
  • They could scarcely be flung from the Tarpeian Rock—that would invite a riot. CONSPIRATA
  • Positioned asymmetrically, an ornate, 17 th-century altarpiece marks the entrance to the baptistery and the nave just beyond.
  • 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. What Mexican Food Are You? and 3 Others
  • We found a lifeboat suspended 10 feet above the deck and bedded down under a tarpaulin.
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