tarp
Origin of tarp
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How to use tarp in a sentence
Businesses closed, the town center turned ghost-like, homes had tarps on their roof and plastic over broken windows.
Filming a Beautiful Town in Decay: ‘Rich Hill’ and the Elusive American Dream | Tracy Droz Tragos | July 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe program shows Rohingya kneeling under tarps on the deck of a boat as waves come crashing against the bow.
Burma’s Rohingya Muslims Targeted by Buddhist Mob Violence | Brendan Brady | June 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOccasionally, we saw little patches of desert marked with caution tape and tarps and other indications of work in progress.
At the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, a Steady Drip of Toxic Trouble | Eric Nusbaum | February 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe first orders came from the fire chief to take down the tarps, which were trapping “deadly smoke.”
The area—about 10 by 20 feet—was now surrounded by a low wall of still more gear covered by tarps.
Rocks cropped out everywhere, and the peaty tarps were mostly bleak and frozen.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor AtkinsonThey set up their tent, and we let them—but our way was to sleep out, under tarps (when we had tarps), in the open.
Pluck on the Long Trail | Edwin L. SabinWe were about two hundred yards from the fire an it looked cozy an cheerful, dancin away beside the tarps.
Friar Tuck | Robert Alexander Wason
British Dictionary definitions for tarp (1 of 2)
/ (tɑːp) /
US, Australian and NZ an informal word for tarpaulin
British Dictionary definitions for TARP (2 of 2)
/ (tɑːp) /
Troubled Assets Relief Program: a fund providing money to increase the liquidity of financial institutions
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