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tarpaper

tarpaper noun: a heavy paper, coated with tar, used to waterproof walls and roofs.

Noun

tarpaper (countable and uncountable, plural tarpapers)

  1. A heavy paper, coated with tar, used to waterproof walls and roofs.

Verb

tarpaper (third-person singular simple present tarpapers, present participle tarpapering, simple past and past participle tarpapered)

  1. To cover with tarpaper.

Forms of tarpaper

Noun
pluraltarpapers
alternative formtar paper
Verb
third-person singular presenttarpapers
present participletarpapering
past participletarpapered
pasttarpapered

Origin of tarpaper

From tar + paper.

Questions about tarpaper

What does tarpaper mean?
Tarpaper means a heavy paper, coated with tar, used to waterproof walls and roofs.
What part of speech is tarpaper?
Tarpaper can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of tarpaper?
The plural of tarpaper is tarpapers.

Words near tarpaper in the dictionary

  1. Taroudant
  2. tarp
  3. tarpa
  4. tarpan
  5. tarpans
  6. tarpaper
  7. tarpapered
  8. tarpapering
  9. tarpapers
  10. tarpaulin
  11. tarpaulined

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